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Originally Posted by Drezin
When I use mine at home, I take the cover off entirely. It really makes it easier. I guess of the cold metal feel is bothersome, though, it would be a problem, but it doesn't bother me.
Is there any way to use your cover from the 500 on the 505, or is it not compatible?
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Sadly, the 500 cover has a sort of clip arrangement that fastens it rigidly to the reader. I could perhaps grind this off and stick it on the 505.
But, sadly, I have to sell the 500 to cover the cost of buying the 505.
I do like the look of the 505 case, but (so far as I can see) there is absolutely no reason why it couldn't have been fastened the same as on the 500. I suspect that nobody at Sony realized that the 500 cover could actually be folded right back, and that people would use it that way. I really can't see what advantage the 505 method of fastening has -- it is more complicated, and the little hinge could get broken in a drop. There must have been some perceived advantage, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Shame, really, because in all other senses the 505 knocks the socks off the 500.