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Old 01-27-2011, 10:30 PM   #1
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Is there a way to download books/pdfs/music to the reader without having to do so through the Reader Store? If this can't be done, then I am not sure that wifi is useful for me after all. I only have a handful of books through the Sony Reader Store since I often find my books cheaper at other websites...

At least this should settle whether I should opt in for the 950 over 650...
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I don't think there is. You can get public domain Google books through the Sony store. The wifi is convenient for things like wikipedia (double-tap word to look up definition, then the option of looking it up on wikipedia is there), email, and general browsing. The latter two might not be that much use to you if you have an iPad.
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Is there a way to download books/pdfs/music to the reader without having to do so through the Reader Store? If this can't be done, then I am not sure that wifi is useful for me after all. I only have a handful of books through the Sony Reader Store since I often find my books cheaper at other websites...

At least this should settle whether I should opt in for the 950 over 650...
If you mean Kobo, Borders, Smashwords, library books, etc. - no, not possible.
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Old 01-28-2011, 02:19 AM   #4
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I don't think there is. You can get public domain Google books through the Sony store. The wifi is convenient for things like wikipedia (double-tap word to look up definition, then the option of looking it up on wikipedia is there), email, and general browsing. The latter two might not be that much use to you if you have an iPad.
Well, I am selling my iPad as we speak. I am also selling a friends. That's how much we dislike them. That's a different story though.

Anyway, I don't think I would ever have use for browsing on a reader. It's much too slow and extremely limited.

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If you mean Kobo, Borders, Smashwords, library books, etc. - no, not possible.
What I was hoping for was being able to access files on my PC such as my Calibre library.


Oh shucks. I guess the PRS-650 truly is what I want. Too bad I can't seem to find any (for a decent price)!
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