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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: London
Device: sony 505
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Hi from London
Hi all,
Thought I had better introduce myself as I have only recently joined this forum and have been lurking till now! New to ereaders, and am quite excited to be soon getting one. I ordered a prs 505 earlier this week, and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. Shame that it is now seems to be an 'old' model, given the upcoming release of a new reader from sony. Nevermind, it will still be good to be able to download and read many old favourites, and to hopefully discover new authors too. I shall also enjoy reading and posting in this friendly and helpful forum too! ![]() |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London, UK
Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone
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Welcome from another 505 owner in (well, working in) London, it's definitely handy when stuck on the tube, no moving to turn pages, etc!
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Ars longa
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: north carolina, usa
Device: Kindle K1, K3 wifi
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DSil
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Karma: 6895096
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hants, UK
Device: Kindle, Cybook
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Welcome!
There are a lot of members around based in, or near, London; it may be worth keeping an eye out to see if there is another meet-up towards the end of the year. You certainly won't be alone with the PRS-505; its a very popular reader. |
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Ars longa
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: north carolina, usa
Device: Kindle K1, K3 wifi
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How do you decide?
Hi LazyScot--
How do you decide which of your readers to use? Just curious.... ![]() |
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3
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Hi Opalstar and welcome to the Forum. I have a 505 and like it a lot and, although I haven't laid my hands on one yet, don't think the 700 is $100 better than what I've got.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Texas, USA
Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C
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Hello Opalstar & welcome to MobileRead. I wouldn't worry about the 505 being an "old" device. I'm not sure that a touch screen is such a good idea on a electronic reader in the first place. I will admit that the highlighting and note-taking functions are ones that I use a *lot* on my Kindle and I miss them when reading on the 505. Although the built-in front light is cool, the cover with a light available for the 505 makes up for that and it has its own battery rather than drawing from the battery in the reading device. I'd really like to have a LightWedge solution for my Kindle.
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There are a number of books here at MobileRead that are not available in MobiPocket format. Now, I know I could go find the original source, create a MobiPocket version, and then upload it to share, but sometimes a girl just wants to READ! |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tampa, FL USA
Device: Kindle Touch
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DSil
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hants, UK
Device: Kindle, Cybook
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here
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Welcome Opalstar!
I defintiely second what Simond said - they are great for commuting! |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
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Welcome from Cardiff, Opalstar. I use mine while commuting on the train most days.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: London
Device: sony 505
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
I am still waiting for the postman to deliver my shiny new toy! Hopefully it will arrive next week and then I too can enliven my tedious bus and tube journeys. The meet up that was mentioned sounds interesting. I shall certainly keep a look out for future information on that, thanks. Star |
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