PRS-650 I've had my 650 for a few weeks - my thoughts - Page 2

dminoz · 10-28-2010, 03:22 AM

I don't use the audio either, but if I was in nomesque's shoes (for a start she'd probably wonder what was going on...) and had to deal with a commute on a train, I'd have some Bach or Vivaldi or Abney Park going. But I mainly read in locations where surrounding noise is not an issue.

dminoz · 10-28-2010, 05:14 AM

Something else I'd like to be able to do:

In a web browser, select a body of text, right-click, choose "send to Sony Reader". A dialog comes up allowing me to tidy up the text if necessary, give it a title, tag it, then save it. The next time my Reader's plugged in, the new file is transferred as an EPUB file.

gwynevans · 10-28-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

As a bonus, it indexes/paginates the books during the transfer, so they open more quickly on the device.

It did for LRF/LRX formats but not for other formats and as I understood it, even that was dropped from the most recent version of the Sony software as they switched to ePub.

pikelet · 10-28-2010, 04:45 PM

Have you tried Instapaper? There are browser plugins that you let you send selected text to Instapaper, which converts the text to epub. You can either transfer them manually to your reader, or set up Calibre to sync the Instapaper feed to your device automatically.

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Originally Posted by dminoz

Something else I'd like to be able to do:

In a web browser, select a body of text, right-click, choose "send to Sony Reader". A dialog comes up allowing me to tidy up the text if necessary, give it a title, tag it, then save it. The next time my Reader's plugged in, the new file is transferred as an EPUB file.

dminoz · 10-28-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pikelet

Have you tried Instapaper? There are browser plugins that you let you send selected text to Instapaper, which converts the text to epub. You can either transfer them manually to your reader, or set up Calibre to sync the Instapaper feed to your device automatically.

That sounds good. No, I've not tried it, will do. Thanks.

ebooker · 10-28-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dminoz

That sounds good. No, I've not tried it, will do. Thanks.

ya thanks for the instapaper link, ima try it too! sounds great.

doreenjoy · 10-28-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gwynevans

It did for LRF/LRX formats but not for other formats and as I understood it, even that was dropped from the most recent version of the Sony software as they switched to ePub.

Interesting. Thanks for the info. I haven't used Calibre to transfer a book to my reader in a long time, but one of the big advantages of the Sony software was the indexing.

I still like the sync feature. I know, everyone else hates it.

dminoz · 10-28-2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

I still like the sync feature. I know, everyone else hates it.

Doreenjoy, what's the sync feature?

jen6060 · 10-28-2010, 11:32 PM

Thanks for your review. I like my 650 v much too, but i wish the font could be darker. I know there are posts on font hacks but i'm not good at this so i'm not confident to diy. i dont even know how to strip drm in the first place! why cant sony have done like Nook - give a few choices of fonts to read! but thanks!

doreenjoy · 10-28-2010, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dminoz

Doreenjoy, what's the sync feature?

The Sync feature automatically makes the contents of your Sony Reader match the contents of the Sony Library. That's it in a nutshell. You can turn on or off the synching of individual Collections, but if synching is turned On for a collection, everytime the Reader is connected to the computer it will update the Reader to match the Library.

I find it much more intuitive than adding and removing books one at a time via Calibre or drag & drop.

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10-28-2010, 03:22 AM	#16
dminoz Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 30000 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	I don't use the audio either, but if I was in nomesque's shoes (for a start she'd probably wonder what was going on...) and had to deal with a commute on a train, I'd have some Bach or Vivaldi or Abney Park going. But I mainly read in locations where surrounding noise is not an issue.

10-28-2010, 05:14 AM	#17
dminoz Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 30000 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Something else I'd like to be able to do: In a web browser, select a body of text, right-click, choose "send to Sony Reader". A dialog comes up allowing me to tidy up the text if necessary, give it a title, tag it, then save it. The next time my Reader's plugged in, the new file is transferred as an EPUB file.

10-28-2010, 11:32 PM	#24
jen6060 Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: sony prs505 (given away); Sony prs300; Nook	Thanks for your review. I like my 650 v much too, but i wish the font could be darker. I know there are posts on font hacks but i'm not good at this so i'm not confident to diy. i dont even know how to strip drm in the first place! why cant sony have done like Nook - give a few choices of fonts to read! but thanks!