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Originally Posted by MattW
to a lot of people (not the majority here on Mobileread, of course), e-readers are a consumer product like DVD players or cheap compact cameras with the difference being that they're used to read ebooks. If we step back from the "new features every year" mentality that plagues smartphones, tablets and PCs, and look at how well the T3 does at its core functionality, we have to admit that it does a pretty amazing job.
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This is great observation.
I had a chance to try out T2, and I was unimpressed - I am used to a different device and its capabilities. I was also annoyed at how aggressively Sony fights all rooting attempts and how thoroughly they patch holes. 505 was a dream device, because it was hacked and Russian hackers had added lots of functionality. With the Android, the potential is there, but ... <sigh>
I would be absolutely happy if my preferred manufacturer released their model from 2009. I loved the software and I loved the hardware form-factor with its integrated cover even more. The only thing I would add is a front-light. This would be absolutely perfect.
I can't understand why on Earth nobody except Sony manufactures device with integrated cover attachment system anymore. Why do we need to use covers that utilize rubber bands (!?!) to hold devices in unwieldy covers that double the thickness and weight of newer generation of devices?
At this moment I have device that is four years newer than version I have described at the beginning of this post and while they added some interesting software features, they managed to screw the basic functionality (formatting of the epub) a little bit. And the hardware form-factor is FAR from ideal (you have to use rubber bands or similar system to put it into a cover).
My very first reader was SONY PRS-500 and I loved that device and its system for attaching the cover (very similar to recent system, I think).