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sigmax · 10-21-2009, 06:38 AM

Hi!

I just received my PRS-300. A friend of mine bought it in a Sony Store, in Orlando, USA and flew it back to me. Btw, he used it in the plane (first contact with an ereader) and was very suprised by the screen quality -wich is logical, given the eink screen-. He is considering buying one for himself.

Anyway, me being a former owner of a PRS-505, I can say the following:

1) Eink screen: top notch.

2) Processor speed: I definitely notice a faster response, so maybe the firmware was further optimized in all these years (which seems to be about the same as in the prs-505, interfase-wise). Anyone knows if the processor / processor speed is the same as prs-505 ?

3) The construction sucks: The metal casing seems just to be a very thin skin, over plastic. The upper and lower parts are separated. There are something like streaks running from top to bottom, as if the machining needed to extrude these metal papers was not 100% smoothed out. the metal skin / plastic covers are noy evenly closing the sides: I can see a small glitch around the power buttom (which is also plastic btw), on the casing closing.

4) The neoprene like glove cover is better than nothing, yes, but a far low solution cry compared with the booklike covers of the PRS.505.

5) New size: I can grasp it from the back with only one hand. It is a convenient size and weight. For now, I prefer it over my PRS-505.

6) I installed the sony ebook reader software version 3.0 (I downloaded it from SONY website, instead of using the version that comes inside the reader -HOW DO I DELETE THAT EXTRA DISK UNIT ??-). Then I proceeded to the Bookstore. I logged in OK. It recognized my new PC. It DID NOT allow me to delete my OLD PC. It did NOT recognize my new reader as a different device from the PRS-505. I pressed DOWNLOAD on a purchased book, and it ended up INSIDE my PRS-300 anyway, in readable format. I always thought that there is a pairing process and the sony bookstore would check that I was pluging in my "registered" device, but it seems it is not the case.

REgards,
SigmaX

ps. Now, I am being too touchy with it ? no, I feel that it is ok to be of poorer construction quality.

10-21-2009, 06:38 AM	#1
sigmax Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 92 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uruguay Device: SONY PRS-300	PRS-300 case quality ... worse than PRS-505 Hi! I just received my PRS-300. A friend of mine bought it in a Sony Store, in Orlando, USA and flew it back to me. Btw, he used it in the plane (first contact with an ereader) and was very suprised by the screen quality -wich is logical, given the eink screen-. He is considering buying one for himself. Anyway, me being a former owner of a PRS-505, I can say the following: 1) Eink screen: top notch. 2) Processor speed: I definitely notice a faster response, so maybe the firmware was further optimized in all these years (which seems to be about the same as in the prs-505, interfase-wise). Anyone knows if the processor / processor speed is the same as prs-505 ? 3) The construction sucks: The metal casing seems just to be a very thin skin, over plastic. The upper and lower parts are separated. There are something like streaks running from top to bottom, as if the machining needed to extrude these metal papers was not 100% smoothed out. the metal skin / plastic covers are noy evenly closing the sides: I can see a small glitch around the power buttom (which is also plastic btw), on the casing closing. 4) The neoprene like glove cover is better than nothing, yes, but a far low solution cry compared with the booklike covers of the PRS.505. 5) New size: I can grasp it from the back with only one hand. It is a convenient size and weight. For now, I prefer it over my PRS-505. 6) I installed the sony ebook reader software version 3.0 (I downloaded it from SONY website, instead of using the version that comes inside the reader -HOW DO I DELETE THAT EXTRA DISK UNIT ??-). Then I proceeded to the Bookstore. I logged in OK. It recognized my new PC. It DID NOT allow me to delete my OLD PC. It did NOT recognize my new reader as a different device from the PRS-505. I pressed DOWNLOAD on a purchased book, and it ended up INSIDE my PRS-300 anyway, in readable format. I always thought that there is a pairing process and the sony bookstore would check that I was pluging in my "registered" device, but it seems it is not the case. REgards, SigmaX ps. Now, I am being too touchy with it ? no, I feel that it is ok to be of poorer construction quality. Last edited by sigmax; 10-21-2009 at 07:52 AM.