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cutterjohn42 · 05-07-2009, 01:42 PM

I did some q&d looking back just before I decided to up and buy a PRS-505, it's a netronix model reader, but I forget the exact model that it looked to identically match up to. Very odd that the foxit firmware removed functionality that the netronix firmware had already, and I had seen forum posts about the battery problem, but thought that had been fixed or would have been shortly.

Anyways between the above and the lack of a decent deal on the Astak Hanlin rebadge(as Fry's was NOT shipping those) it was overall cheaper or very nearly the same price for a Sony reader from a local store. (Almost went for the 700 with the touch screen, but didn't like the glare that it added so I went for the 505... I had really wanted to get the Astak and try openinkpot, but I considered it foolish to pay the same price as a Sony minus all the features that the Sony also brought with it, esp. considering I planned on dropping the shipped fw as well, but OTOH that was also a feature as openinkpot will hopefully continue in development for quite some time... just a dilemma all around.)

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Oooo... aggressive marketroid... winning friends and customers all ovar teh intarwebz! Almost up there with the drunk guy from Astak...
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05-07-2009, 01:42 PM	#7
cutterjohn42 Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 1029955 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Palm IIIx, EBM-911, REB-1100(dead), PRS-505	I did some q&d looking back just before I decided to up and buy a PRS-505, it's a netronix model reader, but I forget the exact model that it looked to identically match up to. Very odd that the foxit firmware removed functionality that the netronix firmware had already, and I had seen forum posts about the battery problem, but thought that had been fixed or would have been shortly. Anyways between the above and the lack of a decent deal on the Astak Hanlin rebadge(as Fry's was NOT shipping those) it was overall cheaper or very nearly the same price for a Sony reader from a local store. (Almost went for the 700 with the touch screen, but didn't like the glare that it added so I went for the 505... I had really wanted to get the Astak and try openinkpot, but I considered it foolish to pay the same price as a Sony minus all the features that the Sony also brought with it, esp. considering I planned on dropping the shipped fw as well, but OTOH that was also a feature as openinkpot will hopefully continue in development for quite some time... just a dilemma all around.) [EDIT] Oooo... aggressive marketroid... winning friends and customers all ovar teh intarwebz! Almost up there with the drunk guy from Astak... [/EDIT] Last edited by cutterjohn42; 05-07-2009 at 01:49 PM.