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Originally Posted by Haesslich

The PRS-700 was on the market less than eight months before getting canned; I suspect the PRS-600 was rushed in to replace it after the initial complaints, which may have indeed affected sales. "The sidelighting washes out the text" is a pretty definite, and valid complaint that can be easily demonstrated, and something that can be fixed. Being able to look at how people are using the devices, then pointing out why Sony's dropped the ball with regards to the design is something that can be used to persuade people to skip the PRS-600, because you can demonstrate the benefits are outweighed by the disadvantages, especially when you can show WHY some people don't have the same issues you do, so you sound more like a reasonable human being with a valid comment rather than a curmudgeon with an axe to grind.

I don't care about persuading people to skip the 600. I really, truly don't give a damn if people buy the 600, or the Kindle 2, or some other reader. It really doesn't concern me in one bit. Unlike you, I do have better things to do than over analyze.

The reason is one I've stated again and again, but I'll repeat myself in plain language: if you can point out why it works for some people but not for you, you sound like a normal human being with a real complaint rather than someone with an agenda or someone with an unreasonable bias whose brain goes into neutral the moment they see the keyword 'PRS-600' show up in a thread. If you want someone to not buy something, just saying 'it sucks' is less useful for a prospective buyer; saying 'Sony has some real glare issues with the PRS-600, since they appear to have intended it only to be read by someone holding it in one position in a very brightly-lit area without a lot of light fixtures that can cause glare' is better, and more likely to sway an opinion. That's why review sites like to go into detail about what makes a device 'broken', since otherwise they sound like a talk show radio host preaching to a brainless fanbase.

And again... I don't care if people buy what they want.

Plus, it might actually get read by someone who might deliver a better reader - either at Sony, or elsewhere. Someone else pointed out the iRex DR1000S doesn't have similar glare issues despite being a touchscreen-enabled device, confirming that this issue with glare is not inherent to the technology itself, but rather with what materials or methods Sony used to implement it, and something they haven't apparently changed from the PRS-700 (although without the sidelight layer that caused even more glare).

I think it's great that you keep dreaming like this. Keep it up. It obviously makes you happy.

Either way, there are still issues with the reader, and just trotting out gems like this in any thread where people happen to disagree with your opinion... well, somewhat less helpful. To quote for irony's sake:

Good lord. Really? "Gems like this in any thread where people happen to disagree with your opinion"... really? I don't care that people don't agree with my opinion. What I care about is people suggesting that I should just keep the 600 because I'll just learn to live with its problems. That is what I was referring to in my comment. For all the text you type, you sure have a difficult time grasping what others are referring to, don't you?

Just forget it... you keep on keeping on. Analyze the 600, 700, 300, 505, etc. to death. Enjoy yourself. Knock yourself out. You obviously have nothing else to do.