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E-Cafe · 12-21-2011, 09:30 PM

After reading on the 350 for the last two days, I have to come back here to report that I am a happy owner!!

Though I have read through the manaul and watched videos of the Calibre and PRS+, I have not installed them yet as I found out I could just drag & drop books to the 350. So far I have no issuse with the E-books that I got from different members at the "E-Books" forum. I just want to sample the various types/formats. The only issue that I had was I put the books in folders and subfolders on the 350 which cause to page-turning really sluggish. Once I remove all the subfolders on the 350 then it just loaded and turned pages smoothly.

I may have broken the record here ... I broke the stylus (the top part) on the 2nd night of ownership. I was careful and I didn't know how it broke. Though I superglued it back and it seems sturdier than before, I decided to buy a differnt stylus instead.

I finally found and bought the case for the 350! Well ... I was originally shopping for the stylus on sale at BestBuy. To my surprise they have the original Sony case (no light) for the 350! But it was distant from the ereaders section!?? And they do not have the 350 at all. I don't get it. Since they have an empty rack for the Sony case with light, I asked a salesperson if he had any in stock. His computer said he had two but he didn't bother to look for it. Then he went back to the ereader area and saw the case for the T1 and told me that was it. I told him that it's for the one on display and mine was a different model. He said "Right, this is for the Sony Nook ......" I think I had picked the wrong time to shop at Bestbuy ... and the stylus on sale was sold out.

I really like the look of the Sony case but I was not certain about the "clip-on" to hold the reader.

Then I stopped by Radioshack for stylus and I picked up the Merkury Innovations Explorer Pocket case http://www.merkuryinnovations.com/pr...02&p_id=100017which is on clearance. It fits the 350 well but it is a bit bigger than the Sony case. The Sony case just fit perfectly.

Well, thanks again for all the good advice and suggestion!

12-21-2011, 09:30 PM	#37
E-Cafe Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: PRS-350	After reading on the 350 for the last two days, I have to come back here to report that I am a happy owner!! Though I have read through the manaul and watched videos of the Calibre and PRS+, I have not installed them yet as I found out I could just drag & drop books to the 350. So far I have no issuse with the E-books that I got from different members at the "E-Books" forum. I just want to sample the various types/formats. The only issue that I had was I put the books in folders and subfolders on the 350 which cause to page-turning really sluggish. Once I remove all the subfolders on the 350 then it just loaded and turned pages smoothly. I may have broken the record here ... I broke the stylus (the top part) on the 2nd night of ownership. I was careful and I didn't know how it broke. Though I superglued it back and it seems sturdier than before, I decided to buy a differnt stylus instead. I finally found and bought the case for the 350! Well ... I was originally shopping for the stylus on sale at BestBuy. To my surprise they have the original Sony case (no light) for the 350! But it was distant from the ereaders section!?? And they do not have the 350 at all. I don't get it. Since they have an empty rack for the Sony case with light, I asked a salesperson if he had any in stock. His computer said he had two but he didn't bother to look for it. Then he went back to the ereader area and saw the case for the T1 and told me that was it. I told him that it's for the one on display and mine was a different model. He said "Right, this is for the Sony Nook ......" I think I had picked the wrong time to shop at Bestbuy ... and the stylus on sale was sold out. I really like the look of the Sony case but I was not certain about the "clip-on" to hold the reader. Then I stopped by Radioshack for stylus and I picked up the Merkury Innovations Explorer Pocket case http://www.merkuryinnovations.com/pr...02&p_id=100017which is on clearance. It fits the 350 well but it is a bit bigger than the Sony case. The Sony case just fit perfectly. Well, thanks again for all the good advice and suggestion! Last edited by E-Cafe; 12-21-2011 at 09:33 PM.