Hi all. I'm new here, just registered to inform everyone that Sony has a new firmware update for the PRS500 that is supposed to fix the battery meter bug:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...d=2866&os_id=7
I received my new Reader today and haven't experienced the bug (with the first charge, at least), so newer readers may be all right out of the box.
Anyway, good luck!
--Tom