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Originally Posted by parkher
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.
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.
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).
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 how even a single person in the world can 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?
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.
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So what have you got against color? Maybe it is not necessary, I don't feel the need for it, but if it is affordable and takes nothing away from the basic black and white display, why not? You say it is not possible to make color eink as good for black and white, which is possibly true at the moment or possibly just your opinion, but why should other people not have the choice?
Some people read comics and some even read non fiction on their ereaders.
How would it hurt anyone in any way if they could read in color if they want to?
Also in my world, no one roots their T2's or T1's and have no interest whatsoever in coolreader even on their tablets. They seem to favour Aldiko. We must live in different universes entirely
Of course many of my friends are IT professionals who feel they spend too much time already dealing with tech problems and just want their toys to work without any jumping through hoops.
Helen