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Originally Posted by joehunt
You may have no objection to having update firmware in order for a new product to be usable, but I agree with TerryAJ that it should work straight out of the box. My TI crashed 1 hour after first use and was immediately returned.
There are just too many options out there right now to settle for anything less than 100%. After returning my TI, I bought a Kindle Touch and am delighted with it (I know you dislike Amazon, but try to accept the fact that many of us do).
Instead of TerryAJ having to go through hoops and swing a chicken over his head to get the product to work, he may want to try another reader more suitable to his particular situation.
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Going through hoops is returning the T1 instead of updating the firmware. Then having to go buy something else and regretting it later on because its not what he really wanted or he never would have bought the T1 in the first place.
As for the T1 not working out of the box, that's what firmware updates are for. To fix bugs and/or add new features. In this case, the new firmware fixes bugs. Now if everyone does what you say they should and return their reader if anything happens that should not. my 650 once locked up and I just reset it and all has been fine since. If I did it your way, I'd have been getting rid of my 650 for a reader I didn't want.
Yes, the T1 had problems. But Sony acknowledged this and fixed things in a new firmware update. Not all the T1's out there for sale will have the new firmware installed as they were made before the new firmware was available. The T1 I just bought is not updated. But once it's opened, I'll update it first and then put books on.
And speaking of the Kindle Touch, why haven't you returned yours? I've read of problems with it on MR.
The thing is, Sony fixed the problems that people were complaining about in a timely manner. Sony has never released a firmware update that works with Linux. TerryAJ should have known this. But really, how hard is it to find a computer that has Windows on it to then be able to update his T1 to fix it? It's not hard. Linux (IMHO) is just not a complete enough solution to using a computer. It doesn't do enough. There's too much software lacking for Linux to make it something I'd use on a full time basis. Dual-booting with Windows sure, that's OK because I can go to Windows when Linux isn't usable like in the case of the T1 firmware update.
In this case, I don't blame Sony. I blame TerryAJ for not bothering to find access to a Windows or OS X computer to get his T1 updated.