Thread: PRS-500 Update Path?
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Old 09-08-2009, 02:13 PM   #6
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Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20
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Originally Posted by igorsk View Post
Knowing Sony, the Reader would use only Sony-approved, locked format. There would be no support for any other formats and no way for the user to upload his own files.
Knowing Sony, the books would expire after some time, with no option to buy them "permanently".
Knowing Sony, you would be able to buy the books only from a single shop.
Knowing Sony, the software for the Reader would install a hidden rootkit to prevent any "unauthorized operations".
Knowing Sony, the Reader would have only a MemoryStick slot, if any.
Knowing Sony, the Reader would use separate, incompatible with anything else USB and charging cables.

Something like that, hmm?
No.
What you are describing is not PRS-500 but previous model - Sony LIBRIé EBR-1000EP
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