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Old 08-10-2009, 04:37 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by agari View Post
Major downside though: the PRS-505 is only available in German, no English no French.
You can flash english firmware. You might have to tinker a little bit with the version number in the included image but this is documented here.
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I use Linux (Ubuntu, to be specific), so I understand that the Cybook Gen loads on Linux as a mass-storage device. Which is alright for me. Question: Does the Sony PRS-505 do the same?
Yes. It does.
You can of course use Calibre. Works great on Ubuntu.

By the way, aren't you going to wait a little bit for the new PRS-600?
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