Limited firmware upgrade for PRS500?

AprilHare · 07-29-2008, 04:07 AM

Hello,
I've heard a couple of people complain that the amount of memory in a PRS500 might not be enough for all the PRS505 firmware additions. How about some of them, Sony? PDF reflow would be the most important for me.
It seems that since the ebook market is small at the moment, "Sony Reader" means more to the consumers out there than "PRS500" or "PRS505" and this sort of disjointed support might not help matters for Sony.
I thought the 64 MB/128 MB difference was related to flash RAM for books, not firmware, but I may be wrong: how much volatile RAM, firmware flash RAM and book nonvolatile RAM is in the Sony Reader models anyway? Is that correct or the RAM arranged in another way I am not aware of?

halljames · 07-29-2008, 08:39 AM

From some of the reports I have seen, the PDF reflow is not that good anyway.

jakewastaken · 07-29-2008, 11:44 AM

Sometimes it's fantastic and sometimes it doesn't work very well. It's very hit or miss depending on content and the way the original pdf was created.

AprilHare · 07-31-2008, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakewastaken

Sometimes it's fantastic and sometimes it doesn't work very well. It's very hit or miss depending on content and the way the original pdf was created.

I have run across more than enough PDF files that support reflow to make it a valuable tool. Bring it on, Sony!

07-29-2008, 04:07 AM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Limited firmware upgrade for PRS500? Hello, I've heard a couple of people complain that the amount of memory in a PRS500 might not be enough for all the PRS505 firmware additions. How about some of them, Sony? PDF reflow would be the most important for me. It seems that since the ebook market is small at the moment, "Sony Reader" means more to the consumers out there than "PRS500" or "PRS505" and this sort of disjointed support might not help matters for Sony. I thought the 64 MB/128 MB difference was related to flash RAM for books, not firmware, but I may be wrong: how much volatile RAM, firmware flash RAM and book nonvolatile RAM is in the Sony Reader models anyway? Is that correct or the RAM arranged in another way I am not aware of?

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07-29-2008, 08:39 AM	#2
halljames Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 463 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Newcastle, UK Device: Apple iPad	From some of the reports I have seen, the PDF reflow is not that good anyway.

07-29-2008, 11:44 AM	#3
jakewastaken Media Whore. Posts: 118 Karma: 265 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: IL Device: PRS-505	Sometimes it's fantastic and sometimes it doesn't work very well. It's very hit or miss depending on content and the way the original pdf was created.

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