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daffy4u · 12-24-2009, 12:20 AM

Test ePubs have been selected. Freebies from the Sony store which were also freebies in the Kindle store (The software on the 505 was already up-to-date for ePubs.):

Already Dead - Charlie Huston
American Quartet - Warren Adler
Wit'ch Fire - James Clemens

I've been playing for a couple of hours. Thought I had bricked it at one point because it kept turning itself off (this after charging untouched for 5 hours).

I was able to register it with no problem. In fact it de-registered and re-registered according to the status section. I was able to "buy" my freebies without registering credit card. It took a while to figure out how to get the books on the reader. I actually did it with Calibre (I think).

I made a couple of collections (great feature). Figured out how to delete old book marks.

I know this experiment is about ePubs but I just want to share a couple of quick observations:

I find the 505 screen better than K2 but comparable to K1. I think the 8 shade gray-scale makes for blacker text. If K1 had the same font with a size as large as the 505 on the home page or vice versa it would be hard to tell them apart just from the screens. The 505 does a better job with images than K1.

My quickie test on a newspaper made in Calibre shows K2 and it's joystick to have much easier, faster and better navigation than the 505.

Those forward and back buttons on the far right side are definitely in the wrong order.

12-24-2009, 12:20 AM	#59
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Test ePubs have been selected. Freebies from the Sony store which were also freebies in the Kindle store (The software on the 505 was already up-to-date for ePubs.): Already Dead - Charlie Huston American Quartet - Warren Adler Wit'ch Fire - James Clemens I've been playing for a couple of hours. Thought I had bricked it at one point because it kept turning itself off (this after charging untouched for 5 hours). I was able to register it with no problem. In fact it de-registered and re-registered according to the status section. I was able to "buy" my freebies without registering credit card. It took a while to figure out how to get the books on the reader. I actually did it with Calibre (I think). I made a couple of collections (great feature). Figured out how to delete old book marks. I know this experiment is about ePubs but I just want to share a couple of quick observations: I find the 505 screen better than K2 but comparable to K1. I think the 8 shade gray-scale makes for blacker text. If K1 had the same font with a size as large as the 505 on the home page or vice versa it would be hard to tell them apart just from the screens. The 505 does a better job with images than K1. My quickie test on a newspaper made in Calibre shows K2 and it's joystick to have much easier, faster and better navigation than the 505. Those forward and back buttons on the far right side are definitely in the wrong order.