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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You've clearly handled different Sony MP3 players than I have. Design, yes. Operability? No.  But everyone is different... which is why the Sony reader could stand evenly with the Kindle, if Sony wants to put in the work do get it there. |
I used to use (still have it, just dont use it - got an ipod) NW-A1000 walkman.
Love the hardware, the long battery life, the design, the mirrored screen, just about everything about it was great.
Except for two things. 1) Software. 2) No peripherals.
I couldnt get an FM transmitter made to fit into its data slot nor could I find a dock (Im assuming nobody made any.)
And Im sure we all know how bad SonicStage is/was (strange that they never updated the software to actually remove the Connect store from the main screen and turn it into a pure itunes type app, but thats Sony for you.)
No mac or linux support (not even through third parties like the reader gets) also killed it for me.
The reader suffers the same sort of problems. The library software is in a word awful. It crashes, is slow, looks like it was designed in 1996 etc etc. The store is hard to navigate on top of that.
Software is Sony's Achilles heel in just about everything they make and the Reader is no different.