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Firmware update for 950
Firmware 2.0.00.11300 was recently released. It will automatically ask you to update if you are connected via wifi. Not sure about 3G. Hopefully this is a sign that Sony is actually working on improving the new readers and will release more updates in the future unlike past products (Not one update for the PRS-900!). Keep your fingers crossed.
Here is what is added with this firmware. Quote:
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screaminglemon, welcome to MobileRead! That is fantastic news. Thank you for sharing!
Here is a link to the firmware update on the Sony 950 Support Page. http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?XID=M ![]() |
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Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see anything in that update that makes we want to run the risk of doing a version update.
Are there other reasons to do the update? |
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Somebody will have to install the update and post if there is anything else new. These look to all be related to Wi-fi features. So if you don't use Wi-fi, then maybe it's not of great benefit to you. I don't have time to try it out this morning and will have to wait until later.
The most important one to me is that hyperlinks will work now. Hooray!!!! Purchased Content: It sounds equivalent to the Kindle's Archived Items list. It means you don't have to go to the Reader Store and search through buried menus on your account page to find your previously purchased content to download. Now you can see it through the 950 Applications Menu. Not a big deal to me. I am one of those people who likes to keep their entire book collection on their ereader. Capture Screenshot of Handwriting Application as JPG is nice. Before you had to do some conversion steps to view your handwritten notes and save them to your hard-drive. Page Sync is much needed if it can sync between the 950 and my iPhone once the mobile apps are released. |
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I have to agree with @petercreasey in that this seems like a really lackluster update. Most of the items mentioned are for Sony and not for us. Like I want those idiots to send me spam on my 950!
![]() The link jump to the Internet might appeal to some, but I don't surf the web via my 950--not a pleasant experience. But then again I bought it to read on and not to be a Swiss Army Knife of electronics. Last edited by jswinden; 12-15-2010 at 10:08 AM. |
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The update is not being distributed over 3G, just wi-fi.
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Does the firmware update affect contrast of the text, the darkness of the letters?
Does it affect the font - pixelization around the edges of some letters? |
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I just got the following email from Sony about the update. (See attached image.) I'm still not impressed.
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total BS update. most "features" they're are for nothing more than Sony itself.
how about something as elementary as Landscape orientation for web browser? Last edited by jessie102; 12-15-2010 at 02:33 PM. |
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There's nothing here that looks particularly great (for me), but I do hope that it's a sign of things to come. Maybe Sony has realized that they need to pay attention to user experience even after a reader is sold.
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So there is no news of an ability to default to a Serif typeface???
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I just upgraded -- everything seems the same (I don't use the wifi much). Had to use wifi -- I downloaded the Mac updater, but couldn't get it to recognize the reader. Only took a few minutes to download and update via the built-in wifi.
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I did not notice a direct link to google books before. It is there now.
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Funny! This reminds me of every time the playstation3 gets an update. Everyone chimes in complaining that the update is BS because the particular feature they want wasnt addressed. Cant we agree that this update, ANY update, is a step in the right direction? I would rather have small incremental updates every now and then as opposed to no updates at all.
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