This may not be news anymore, but I confirmed with the SONY Reader product manager at CES that there will be a new firmware for the 505 which will include the ability to properly resize PDFs inside the reader [thus, without using rasterfarian].
I actually saw this PDF functionality and it works much better than on our 500's!
Some other things I noticed on the 505 [with the experimental firmware] are:
- Alphabetically grouped book listings
- Book delete function
- Complete off option to conserve battery power
- Some kind of Bookmark viewer in the Sony PC software.
There was also some talk of a future compatibility with a new Adobe book format but I didn't know what that was.
Alas, still no PLAY/PAUSE while reading a book, but I pounded that into Sony's head because I personnel love controlling my music without having to exit the book. Maybe next time.
Time line for the firmware is sometime in Late Feb 2008. Of course, I begged the manager to get these features into the 500. He said he is pushing for this to happen very hard.
Enjoy,
Fabian.