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Originally Posted by trocchietto
I can root, but I do not do, because my iphone 5 is perfect to play chesson the sun.
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I don't get it.
The rooted T2 is needed so you can have Cool Reader 3 on it, GoldenDict dictionary and Sony indexing switched off.
Or, if you prefer Sony reader - so that you can have automatic shelves, etc.
Not for some games. I never tried any game on T2.
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Originally Posted by trocchietto
I think (sorry for the lovely critic I am doing) we should speak about T2 comprehensive of guarantee, not what can happen with a root.
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I bought T2 (four of them, actually) ONLY because it can be rooted and only AFTER it was successfully rooted. I would never have bought it otherwise.
The same with T1 too.
For me - T2 is the best reader in the world BECAUSE it is rooted.
Otherwise it is not worth buying at all. Better i62 then.
If you have a rootable T2 and do not root it - you are losing the best reader in the world. The most wonderful book reading experience. Stuck with what Sony thinks you should suffer when reading books.
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Originally Posted by trocchietto
Really few T2 have been rooted in comparison with the sold units (at least I am supposing )
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I am supposing quite the opposite. I know several people who bought T2s,
and all of them bought T2 because they can be rooted. All of them rooted their T2s. I personally know nobody who has not rooted his/her T2.
And what I was hearing, that is the main selling point for T2 - that you can root it and have Cool Reader or what you want on it for reading comfortably.
I don't understand why Sony does not want to sell their readers.
The only explanation - that they are selling Russian model to the Russian market for twice the price of the US model.
But the Russian market is full of various e-readers and Russians are not buying T2s for that outrageous price anyway, they are only buying T2s from USA that can be rooted or none at all (I assume).
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Originally Posted by trocchietto
please consider also different is the philosophy of amazon,
with hardware prices really accesible and on the edge of the technology.
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Over the edge as far as I am concerned.
I was never a fan of Kindle because of its lack of an SD card and the lack of support for the most popular book formats, but PaperWhite went over the top: no buttons and two unnecessary layers on top: capacitive and light distributing. And to top all this - no possibility to switch off the light. I cannot understand why even a single person in the world would buy that junk. No light off switch?!!! Unless at its minimal position it is really fully off?
Does it glow at all in total darkness in the minimal position?
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Originally Posted by trocchietto
all in all, mini ipad retina is around the corner, samsung, sony xperia 5 inches do the same, to save the niche ereader and justify the reader to carry on it, need to offer nice features like battery, color, android.
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Why do you want color, for reading fiction books color is not needed.
It is impossible to make color e-ink as good for black and white as one without color.
Use your Samsung retina iPad for color.
Or better: use a 30" monitor and a large plasma TV for color.
But black-and-white e-ink readers for books.