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Another question related with question 7: Does margin crop work on scanned PDF?
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I actually have tried this only once. In that occassion, the prs-900 did not remove more than maybe a centimeter on either side. But this was not a terribly well scanned pdf--I suspect that the prs-900 will thrown off anytime there are flecks in the margin, which will make it now work very well on scanned pdf's.
You'd better off using a tool to edit of the margins yourself, and then sending the pdf over.
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a)- are there any issues/software limitations I should be aware of (silly things that don't work but which one would expect to?)
b)- I'm UK based, is there any word on a europe/UK release date - if not I might just have to buy the US version
c) and lastly extended functionality which isn't as important- anyway to have RSS readers etc (that sync with your pc etc in the morning) - or any other useful extended feature that you like using?
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a) The most annoying software limitation for me is the fact that it sorts your books by the author's
first name by default. You can set the author sort tags all you want, but the 900 refuses to read them. Since I don't know of a program that which will batch edit my author tags to the be the same as my author-sort tags, I've ending up just leaving this be. As you can search within the reader for books by a given author, or use your collections to view books, this isn't a huge issue, but it bugs me a decent amount. Who goes to a book store and looks under C to find Connie Willis?
The sony reader software itself isn't the software I'd recommend using with the reader, but rather
Calibre. Using Calibre covers most of the things that bug me about the sony software (no way to batch convert things in the sony software, etc), but sadly doesn't have any way to automatically sync between your reader and your computer. I understand Kovid is working on adding this to Calibre, so I can probably take this off my list of random small things that bug me soon, but for right now, no sync.
b) I have absolutely no idea on this one--does google say anything? I would note that the 3g capabilities of the reader (and thus the ability to have your reader automatically give you the NYT each morning) will not work in Europe. If the European release date isn't too far in the future it's probably worth waiting for, for the increased support, 3g, etc.
c) It definitely works quite well as an RSS reader--if you use Calibre you can set it to download ebook versions of various RSS feeds daily and transfer them to your ereader automatically when it's connected to the computer. I use this to get xkcd, phd comics, the ny review of books, and the onion on here. It's definitely wonderful to have.
I also really like it's ability to display images by themselves--this allows you to send scanned comics to the reader, and they look gorgeous on the reader.
The collections feature is something which is undersold about the sonys but is really quite nice. It's great to be able look at all of my math books all at once without having to search for them at all, same for my collection of "fluff".
