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Akumag2 · 11-17-2009, 11:16 AM

I'll be doing the upgrade option even though it will get rid of my clock & icons custom firmware, icons I dont care about but the clock is useful when I forget my watch or when reading at night and need to know its time to sleep.

I find the upgrade insulting though, the pocket edition is pants, the only good thing is the better gray scale, there is no expandable memory doesnt play music or pictures, its horrible, and the touch Ive seen a few of them and the screens are harder to read than the 500, they look washed out.

I wish they had offered a refurb 505 instead, I got my wife one for less than $10 when Circuit City closed down and I must say her's is much easier to read than my 500.

But on the other hand I find the button layout on the 500 better than all the other version of the reader that came out, I wish they would just upgrade the screen.

11-17-2009, 11:16 AM	#44
Akumag2 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007	I'll be doing the upgrade option even though it will get rid of my clock & icons custom firmware, icons I dont care about but the clock is useful when I forget my watch or when reading at night and need to know its time to sleep. I find the upgrade insulting though, the pocket edition is pants, the only good thing is the better gray scale, there is no expandable memory doesnt play music or pictures, its horrible, and the touch Ive seen a few of them and the screens are harder to read than the 500, they look washed out. I wish they had offered a refurb 505 instead, I got my wife one for less than $10 when Circuit City closed down and I must say her's is much easier to read than my 500. But on the other hand I find the button layout on the 500 better than all the other version of the reader that came out, I wish they would just upgrade the screen.