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Gundisalvus · 11-17-2011, 05:53 PM

Hi guys,

I am also new to ereaders! Actually I came across this forum because I was searching for honest reviews on the new Sony PRS-T1.

First of all, the PRS-T1 seems to be the best ereader avaible on my country for its price and features, but now I have found out that many users are facing firmware issues...
Now I have doubts if I should purchase this device or not, so I need your advice if possible:

- I will use the PRS-T1 mostly to read ebooks and manga. I have seen on youtube some demonstrations of people using it to read manga, it looked great and unlike other ereaders, you could actually zoom in the image. I would really appreciate if anyone can give me a feedback about reading manga on the PRS-T1 (is it really fluent, pratical and fun as it seems? Or people have experienced freezing and crashes while reading manga as well?).

- I live in Portugal. Can I buy ebooks from the Sony store through the PRS-T1 or this function is not available in Europe? Even if it is not possible to do so yet, it is not a major problem to me because I do not really care about the online store functionality. I have no problem in uploading the files to the ereader directly from my computer and Google books options should be available even though I live in Europe, right?

- Are you guys optimistic about Sony costumer service? Do you think there is a high chance that Sony will upgrade the current firmware and solve the freezing\turning page issue? Because even though many people are reporting this problem, I am still tempted to buy the PRS-T1 :\ Kobo and Kindle are good as well to read ebooks, but when it comes to read Manga the PRS-T1 seems to be way superior. And I also believe that Sony will solve the problem in the near future with an firmware update.

So what you guys think? Should I buy the PRS-T1 or is it too risky? Would it be more wise to buy another ereader?

Thank you all!

11-17-2011, 05:53 PM	#80
Gundisalvus Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Device: none	Hi guys, I am also new to ereaders! Actually I came across this forum because I was searching for honest reviews on the new Sony PRS-T1. First of all, the PRS-T1 seems to be the best ereader avaible on my country for its price and features, but now I have found out that many users are facing firmware issues... Now I have doubts if I should purchase this device or not, so I need your advice if possible: - I will use the PRS-T1 mostly to read ebooks and manga. I have seen on youtube some demonstrations of people using it to read manga, it looked great and unlike other ereaders, you could actually zoom in the image. I would really appreciate if anyone can give me a feedback about reading manga on the PRS-T1 (is it really fluent, pratical and fun as it seems? Or people have experienced freezing and crashes while reading manga as well?). - I live in Portugal. Can I buy ebooks from the Sony store through the PRS-T1 or this function is not available in Europe? Even if it is not possible to do so yet, it is not a major problem to me because I do not really care about the online store functionality. I have no problem in uploading the files to the ereader directly from my computer and Google books options should be available even though I live in Europe, right? - Are you guys optimistic about Sony costumer service? Do you think there is a high chance that Sony will upgrade the current firmware and solve the freezing\turning page issue? Because even though many people are reporting this problem, I am still tempted to buy the PRS-T1 :\ Kobo and Kindle are good as well to read ebooks, but when it comes to read Manga the PRS-T1 seems to be way superior. And I also believe that Sony will solve the problem in the near future with an firmware update. So what you guys think? Should I buy the PRS-T1 or is it too risky? Would it be more wise to buy another ereader? Thank you all!