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Originally Posted by trocchietto
Always being a nostalgic but sorry I do not agree. T1 vs T2 is to question, but 650 vs T2 no way
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I think everybody agrees that the T1 and T2 feature certain evolutionary improvements.
But for particular 350, 650 and 950 users, like me, many things went the wrong way.
I consider the 7" screen of my 950 a very big plus. Also the aluminum casing is by far superior to what the T's have to offer. Another incomprehensible stupid devolution is the loss of the internal silo for the stylus. And the T2 also completely lost its audio capabilities. For me these things count. Some things are more important to me than others but in general this does not look good to me at all.
I do agree that the battery life of the T2 is a huge improvement and the screen seems to display better, also the software has improved etc..
But in general Sony does not keep up. They just released a rather superfluous T2 model that already lags behind what the competition is doing, but more importantly in many respects also lags behind what Sony itself was doing with earlier models like my 950.
I believe the T2 should have been skipped and Sony should have invested in a competitive new model. Perhaps they should not have been trying to compete price-wise, because it is obvious they have lost that battle already. They should try to compete with an advanced luxury model. I would love to buy a deluxe ereader that looks like my 950, but is improved in every other respect. I already described it elsewhere: A 950 with faster 1GHz processor, glowlight, highres next gen screen, more internal memory, improved software, replaceable batteries and stuff like that.
I think many loyal Sony users will be looking elsewhere for their next reader and when, or better... if Sony catches up they might have lost a generation of 350, 650, 950 owners who, by then, will have bought some of the faster, more innovative models of the competition.
I want to buy a new reader in the next few month's. And I would have to be mad to buy a Sony T2 that is frozen in time for 140 euro's instead of one of the much more advanced competitor models that cost the same or even less.
Sony could prevent me from buying another brand reader if they announced in the next few weeks some kind of real up to date new model. I would be prepared to wait several months for such a model, but I do not believe we will hear from Sony again until summer 2013. By then I will have switched to another brand. Sony's superb selection of dictionaries will not be able to hold my attention indefinitely.