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Originally Posted by yunti
dmapr, erasure 25, jissa thanks for your detailed responses they are a great help. It seems that sony have pretty much sorted the key features so that they work as one would expect.
Last couple of things:
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?
Thanks
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On the software limitations:
it's not very configurable - you can't change what's on the home screen for example, or change the "Store/Apps" tabs etc.
it doesn't recognise folders, and "collections" are a bit clunky
the mp3 player is next to useless (even more useless than I thought it would be having heard it was useless)
On UK purchase:
I did this, from B&H photo in New York. They were fine, but be aware that the total cost including postage and customs is likely to come to around £350.
On extra functions:
Not much out of the box, but calibre allows you to download news, convert to ePub and put it on the reader, so you can get the Guardian, for example
Where it's strong is in reading books. When reading a well-formatted book, I soon forget the reader and get on with reading.