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Originally Posted by troll05
The Sony browser seems to be a bit more sophisticated than mine but function and speed appear similar.
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Nice to know. I just wanted to have an idea on what to expect; this is not a major concern, but it's always nice to have that feature at least usable. It may come in hand if i need to buy a book from a seller (not Amazon, i know) and have it instantly in the device. I believe it can be done with the PRS T1, say, from Kobobooks....
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In my personal but somewhat biased opinion PB is superior to its competitors because it's highly customizable, it can read nearly every format you have without converting everything, there are a whole bunch of 3rd party apps like CoolReader that I sincerely hope will be adopted for the touch models as well.
Kindle and Sony have a little brighter background but deeper shadows at the edges because of the IR touch, with PB I think contrast is a little better and it doesn't turn pages if a fly sits on your device
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The page turns problem that the Sony had earlier was awful. Until today i can't really trust the device. Perhaps i am being unfair...
When i first read about the PB Touch i thought it was similar to the T1 (the reader i liked the most). I don't think the background will make me question my decision. I prefer the better contrast.
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Yes, yes, maybe, maybe. The reader is able to handle complex folder structures, so you can move, copy or delete books as you like. As a standalone device you don't have the Kindle-like collections but you can help yourself with folders, if you work with a PC you may use Calibre and create the structures there and shove them all on the reader at once.
Personally I have ~ 2000 files on my reader and find everything within one minute
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I'll have to explore Calibre a little more in order to deal with collections (this is one thing i like about Kindle).
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Of course, there's always room for improvement, the biggest issue I had for myself was WiFi not working with special characters in SSID and this is still so, otherwise there is very little really bothering me.
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Well, that's something i'll have to ask my significant half to see. He's the one who deals with the router and those things. I have no idea what's our password for wi-fi.
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The audio player is quite primitive but I rarely use it.
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I am curious about the TTS. I've seen that there is a download for portuguese support of this feature. For music i have a mp3 player.
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They started a shopping system with Obreey some time ago, and if this is finished there might be something comparable to Amazon with purchase and reading-progress synchronization on different devices, but it's far from complete by now and the range of books is presently very limited
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Well, that would be really something, but fortunately there is life beyond Amazon's ecosystem and alike.
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Well, CS with Amazon is outstanding and with Sony non-existent, so --- surprise PB is somewhere in the middle.
Speaking for Germany support is fantastic although sometimes a little bit chaotic, it can happen that mails get lost or the left hand not knowing what the right hand does, but if you get on their nerves once in a while they do a very customer friendly job.
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Well, this is one of my worries. There seems to be no international site; i am in Europe and the only english site that seems to have more information is the US; unfortunately i can't speak german and my french is very rusty. If i need help, i don't know where to address my questions. Do you know if the german support will answer in english?
Currently i am waiting for an answer from Pixmania (you might know the store). There's a showroom near where i live and i need to know if, in case the reader has a problem within the warranty time, i can leave in the showroom and have them send it to the repair center - wherever it is. I'm not confortable with sending it myself and have to pay for it...
Once i have that answer, i'll be waiting for the black version to be available. Hopefully not too long; the white one is supposed to be available on the 11th - but i'm not putting my money on it
My mind is almost set up towards the PB.
Thanks very very much for your help, troll05. You have been the most helpfull source i have found about this device. Although the Sony interface is my favourite, this seems to be the best choice (also considering the Kindle).
