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A PRS-T1 arrived on our doorstep this morning ... and was given to my husband tonight as an early anniversary present. So far he seems VERY pleased! It is considerably smaller and lighter than his original Nook.
Me, I've gotten to play with it a bit and frankly, I'm impressed as well. I want one. My only caveat is that there is no specific T-1 driver for Calibre yet and tags to collections is also not implemented for the T-1 *yet*. But I have every faith that the Calibre folks will fix this in time. They do already have a generic driver in a beta version.
The screen is VERY nice, better than my Sony 950, with more contrast. Text appears very sharp and black and comparing original font T-1 vs original font 950, the T-1 is much easier to read. I did check through all the fonts, but I'm more than happy with the original font. Amasis is also nice, as I am also used to that from my Nook.
It should be mentioned that the user guide says that italics and bold may not appear properly in fonts other than the original font, I haven't tested that. It is, after all, my husband's new reader, not mine.
The pinch/zoom things works, the interface is different from my 950, but not difficult to learn. The touch keyboard is WAY more responsive, something I really like! I think the page turns are slightly faster. Overall, the unit seems very responsive, but then again, it is not crammed full of books like my 950 is.
I *free* all my books, so I never used the old Sony Reader Library software with my 950 and probably wouldn't use the new Sony software with the T-1 either. I'm happy enough with Calibre and Windows Explorer for my book transfer needs.
My Sony 950 is not going anyplace though, I just want a T-1 for out and about town and for proofreading epubs. I still love my 7" screen. And I'm happy not to have a shiny bezel, though that could be fixed with a skin. But I am now a little jealous of hubby! The T-1 is NICE!
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