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db100 · 12-31-2006, 08:03 PM

Really bad, not worth my money at all.

First of all, Connect software has so many bugs and it should be the worst software I ever used:
1) Connect only uses its own fonts (total three) instead of using windows fonts. This is generally ok if you only read books bought from Connect ebook store. But when you try to import your own text/pdf files into Reader, and in case those text/pdf file contains any fonts that is not included in above three fonts stored at C:\Program Files\SONY\CONNECT Reader\Data\fonts. Connect software will use 100% CPU and finally shut down your computer. This is really an ugly bug.

2)If you have any of such text/pdf files stored in "Library" under "Preview" mode, your Connect software can never start properally. Once you start Connect, it will use 100% CPU and do nothing until your computer is down.

Reader itself is so slow, slow than an old time Winows CE PDA. Basically only BBeB and text file (which contains no strange fonts) are workable, which can be quickly opened and paged up and down. But whenever page up, you can always see pale ghost image of previous page on screen, even battery is 100%.

PDF file is not only un-readable, but also very very slow to open. I downloaded a three page Physical Review Letter paper to Reader. It has no problem to show all equations, but will take more than 30 second to turn each page.

Reader is basically impressively slow even in menu page. The response of jog dial is much slower than any mp3 players.

Any way, SONY Reader makes me feel really bad. It is understandable if SONY has technology difficulties in hardware development, but it is totally unacceptable, for example, Connect software acts like a beta version. Why SONY cannot do a few more tests before final release?

Maybe I expected too much, but I feel my old PDA is still better than Reader.

12-31-2006, 08:03 PM	#1
db100 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 52 Join Date: Dec 2006	Finally returned Sony Reader to SonyStyle Really bad, not worth my money at all. First of all, Connect software has so many bugs and it should be the worst software I ever used: 1) Connect only uses its own fonts (total three) instead of using windows fonts. This is generally ok if you only read books bought from Connect ebook store. But when you try to import your own text/pdf files into Reader, and in case those text/pdf file contains any fonts that is not included in above three fonts stored at C:\Program Files\SONY\CONNECT Reader\Data\fonts. Connect software will use 100% CPU and finally shut down your computer. This is really an ugly bug. 2)If you have any of such text/pdf files stored in "Library" under "Preview" mode, your Connect software can never start properally. Once you start Connect, it will use 100% CPU and do nothing until your computer is down. Reader itself is so slow, slow than an old time Winows CE PDA. Basically only BBeB and text file (which contains no strange fonts) are workable, which can be quickly opened and paged up and down. But whenever page up, you can always see pale ghost image of previous page on screen, even battery is 100%. PDF file is not only un-readable, but also very very slow to open. I downloaded a three page Physical Review Letter paper to Reader. It has no problem to show all equations, but will take more than 30 second to turn each page. Reader is basically impressively slow even in menu page. The response of jog dial is much slower than any mp3 players. Any way, SONY Reader makes me feel really bad. It is understandable if SONY has technology difficulties in hardware development, but it is totally unacceptable, for example, Connect software acts like a beta version. Why SONY cannot do a few more tests before final release? Maybe I expected too much, but I feel my old PDA is still better than Reader.