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nerys · 05-30-2007, 03:51 AM

Also keep in mind almost all of those formats you listed (PDF RTF TXT) are NATIVELY supported by the reader !! you do not even need the sony connect software (which I only installed to get the freebie books then uninstalled) I pop my SD or MS stick into a card reader put what I want on there pop it back into the reader. the NATIVE no proprietary interface required feature of this reader is the PRIMARY reason I purchased it. I would "not" have bought it if I was forced to both use there software and there "format" one of the few times a congratulations sony is warranted :-)

So far I absolutely love the unit. I have read close to 200 books on it so far since I got in for christmas (yeah I read that much about 30 "long" novels and a ton of shorter (under 200 pages) novels.

I love that I can use a tiny font to get lots of text on each page to minimize page changes and its still crisp and clear.

The only way to make this better is to make it slightly larger and slightly higher res (1024x768 and 25% more screen space) would be perfect. there are some full page PDF's that are OH SO CLOSE to being readable but are "just" outside of legibility :-( Soo close :-)

also double the shades. its just short enough on shades that some PDF's that are large enough are still tough because of the dithering to the 4 shades it supports. There is software to intelligently dither these ahead of time that helps.

if they could do 16 shades of grey (maybe even 8 would be enough) an 8" screen and 1024x768 (or 9-10" at 800x600) this think would be unstoppable. I would even gladly buy 2 units. the smaller e reader for my text based reading and the larger unit for my image based (PDF etc..) reading.

Color E Ink would be a dream :-) Either way I am very very pleased with my ereader. my only real complaint is no cover in orange :-) hehe and it dies on its own without use so if you let it sit for a month you will need to recharge it and it can NOT charge off USB if the battery is too far depleted you must use the normal power port at this point. I am getting one of those 9800mah PSP power packs (it uses the same plug as the PSP) which will eliminate any possible problems with traveling at all :-)

05-30-2007, 03:51 AM	#4
nerys Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: PRS 500 - REB 1200	Also keep in mind almost all of those formats you listed (PDF RTF TXT) are NATIVELY supported by the reader !! you do not even need the sony connect software (which I only installed to get the freebie books then uninstalled) I pop my SD or MS stick into a card reader put what I want on there pop it back into the reader. the NATIVE no proprietary interface required feature of this reader is the PRIMARY reason I purchased it. I would "not" have bought it if I was forced to both use there software and there "format" one of the few times a congratulations sony is warranted :-) So far I absolutely love the unit. I have read close to 200 books on it so far since I got in for christmas (yeah I read that much about 30 "long" novels and a ton of shorter (under 200 pages) novels. I love that I can use a tiny font to get lots of text on each page to minimize page changes and its still crisp and clear. The only way to make this better is to make it slightly larger and slightly higher res (1024x768 and 25% more screen space) would be perfect. there are some full page PDF's that are OH SO CLOSE to being readable but are "just" outside of legibility :-( Soo close :-) also double the shades. its just short enough on shades that some PDF's that are large enough are still tough because of the dithering to the 4 shades it supports. There is software to intelligently dither these ahead of time that helps. if they could do 16 shades of grey (maybe even 8 would be enough) an 8" screen and 1024x768 (or 9-10" at 800x600) this think would be unstoppable. I would even gladly buy 2 units. the smaller e reader for my text based reading and the larger unit for my image based (PDF etc..) reading. Color E Ink would be a dream :-) Either way I am very very pleased with my ereader. my only real complaint is no cover in orange :-) hehe and it dies on its own without use so if you let it sit for a month you will need to recharge it and it can NOT charge off USB if the battery is too far depleted you must use the normal power port at this point. I am getting one of those 9800mah PSP power packs (it uses the same plug as the PSP) which will eliminate any possible problems with traveling at all :-)