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Old 10-31-2011, 11:16 AM   #107
MattW
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Vienna, Austria
Device: Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-T1, Sony PRS 505, Sony PRS T2, Kindle PW
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Originally Posted by Shopaholic View Post
Stuff changes and not always for the better for everyone's needs. It's better for most but not for all. In your case it wasn't a better change. You have to work within the parameters of the device. Not the other way around.
I strongly disagree. This "the user has to work with what the device has to offer" mentality may be good enough for geeks & early adopters, but I would say that it is perfectly reasonable to assume that a new device that has PDF advertised as a capability does at least do as well with it as the previous generation.

That may not be the case, but it's perfectly understandable to think so -- Sony did not exactly advertise the new OS. For your average consumer electronics buyer there is no way to know that the old PRS-x50's ran a custom UI on Linux and the new one runs Android. Nor should it be.

And while I agree that one cannot expect miracles from such a cheap device, I wouldn't blame the OP for his bad experience. He will likely choose a different company next time and the loss is Sony's, not his.

Just my .02,
Matthias, who likes his T1 just fine.
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