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Old 09-01-2011, 09:33 PM   #406
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...'Sony quality' might have stood for something back in the 80's, but now a days they arnt up against iffy brands like Pulsar or Goldstar.
You know Goldstar merged with Lucky and became Lucky Goldstar or LG as we now know them. They aren’t too shabby these days.

I still think SONY generally makes nice hardware (software has been another story), though I think there is still a cultural Japanese design style in their DNA - tending to be more complex than they often need to be, verses and American company like Apple who tend to take a KISS approach (to the point of irritation for some users). I seem to recall reading somewhere that a much higher percentage of Japanese individuals would read product manuals (finding out all the features/functions) whereas Americans as a rule didn't (hence if it wasn't in their face/easily discoverable it was lost on them). Generalisations of course but interesting all the same.
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Old 09-02-2011, 01:01 AM   #407
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Well, the Sony UK site says the T1 supports BBeB. I don't know if this is correct or not. The only way to find out is to take your microSD down to a Sony shop and try it out (when they are on demo).
This is a ray of hope! I find BBeB easier to create than ePUB in a lot of situations. It looks and performs better than ePUB in general too... though entirely a matter of personal preference. I definitely want them to maintain support of this format.

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If the north american price is a direct conversion of the euro price, i cant imagine this thing even being competitive. The multi-touch is nice, but who would really be willing to pay an additional 60-70$ over a nook touch or kobo touch? This isnt like a kindle, where it can get extra sales off its bookstore since pretty much all the major book sellers now(other than amazon) offer epub's.
The USA price is $149, so it is just slightly more than the Nook or Kobo.
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Sony Germany lists it for € 149. That's the same price as Kobo's reader and just € 10 more than the Kindle.
Sony Germany also wants to start its own bookstore, something they didn't do up to now. This looks like a complete change of strategy; pushing the price down and competing with the bookstores. I'm not sure if it is a good idea as they will lose the bookstores as sales outlet for their readers. Sony obviously does have the advantage that they have a strong presence in the electronics outlets.
I can't say that I am happy about the glossy plastic, though. Even though it may work well enough (fingerprint magnet?) it is definitively a loss aof quality feel.
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This is a ray of hope! I find BBeB easier to create than ePUB in a lot of situations. It looks and performs better than ePUB in general too... though entirely a matter of personal preference. I definitely want them to maintain support of this format.

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Looks better? Performs better? Um... no it actually doesn't.
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Old 09-02-2011, 05:37 PM   #413
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Looks better? Performs better? Um... no it actually doesn't.
LRF does perform better than ePub on my PRS-650.
All my LRFs are faster and less power hungry than any ePub.
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Hopefully it has landscape mode which is a major flaw with the 950 browser.
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That I do not know. the browser was only shown in portrait.
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All my LRFs are faster and less power hungry than any ePub.
And the font size gap is not half as big as it is with epub.
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And the font size gap is not half as big as it is with epub.
The T1 now has 8 different font size choices. So the gap has been closed.
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Sony Germany lists it for € 149.
Bol.com, the site in the Netherlands that had the original leak, now lists them for €149.95.
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Here's an interesting hands-on review of the Reader Wi-Fi:
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Great video, shows multi-touch on screen.

It goes in to the same fast refresh mode as the 650 when holding page button. But it looks to me like it lags some. Maybe even too much to be accurate. If there are discrete font-size stops (JSWolf mentions 8 font sizes), I didn't notice in the video.

Very bright room, you can see the gloss of the bezels, but I don't find it distracting... my attention stayed focused on the screen.

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