Thread: Classic Nook vs Sony PRS-505
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Old 06-25-2010, 04:47 AM   #52
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Device: PRS-505,nook,Nook Color,Android
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Originally Posted by cutterjohn42 View Post
One word: softroot. THIS is what makes me mildly interested in the nook which opens up worlds of possibilities
Well, it's not like PRS+ or complete system replacements aren't out there for your PRS-505.

Things that I would lose moving away from the PRS-505:
  • User stylesheet (swap out fonts, paragraph style, margins, etc. -- on the fly)
  • Categories
  • Custom key binding
  • Folder support
  • Long battery life
  • (Nearly) Full-screen reading
  • PDF zoom-to-fit

Now, granted, hackers working against Sony provided many of these features. Further, the nook offers a few features that the PRS-505 does not. Still, the user stylesheet issue alone is enough of a reason to hold me back from switching.

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Originally Posted by cutterjohn42 View Post
Updates: heh, probably NEVER see another update from Sony for the 505.
But this is why I am considering a nook(*). It's really sad, but, as a rejection of Sony's behavior, I feel compelled to support a company for simply standing behind its product. Sony's software was/is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, but they seem to have no interest in keeping their lead.

(*)Pocketbook and Amazon also have an excellent track record with continuing development, as well as Astak to some extent.

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Of course now in my waiting something even better might come along
I know exactly how you feel. My favorite eReader is always the future device with very few details. Somehow I always trick myself into believing that this time they'll learn from the past and get it right...
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