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Old 09-03-2011, 05:51 PM   #16
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What the hell is the (main) point of having the wifi then ? They have recently said they are starting up, at last, the Sony bookstore in UK - but what is the point of buying a T1 , with wifi as they say on the website here, if you cant buy books with it ? "Oh , pay us for it and we'll promise you'll be able too later, when we open our store....."

Surely it doesn't mean that in Oz- or anywhere actually - you can't buy from an online shop at all,(Borders, Smiths etc..) 'cos you don't have a Sony store ?
Or can you only use the wifi from Sony bookstores, wherever you are in the world, but no other independent ones ?

That's plain ridiculous !!

Or will someone point out the flaw in someone's statements ! [prob'ly mine..]


I'm much less impressed now, anyway, and very glad I've got my x50's.
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Old 09-03-2011, 06:37 PM   #17
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The stylus is separate? Oooo not liking that one... that sounds like a recipe for printing money for lost stylus!
Not really, if the thing doesn't have to fit in some slot anyway, you can use just about ANYTHING as a stylus.
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Old 09-03-2011, 06:40 PM   #18
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Old 09-03-2011, 06:46 PM   #19
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is there a link that confirms the release date as mid september (as stated in another thread).
See Sony Store: Notify Me. This is in the US, it may be October in Europe.
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What the hell is the (main) point of having the wifi then ? They have recently said they are starting up, at last, the Sony bookstore in UK - but what is the point of buying a T1 , with wifi as they say on the website here, if you cant buy books with it ? "Oh , pay us for it and we'll promise you'll be able too later, when we open our store....."

Surely it doesn't mean that in Oz- or anywhere actually - you can't buy from an online shop at all,(Borders, Smiths etc..) 'cos you don't have a Sony store ?
Or can you only use the wifi from Sony bookstores, wherever you are in the world, but no other independent ones ?

That's plain ridiculous !!

Or will someone point out the flaw in someone's statements ! [prob'ly mine..]


I'm much less impressed now, anyway, and very glad I've got my x50's.
The german guy at the IFA Sony stand told me(roughly translated):

"You will be able to download any compatible content from any web page per WiFi using the built in web browser."

He went on to list a couple of sales portals incl. Thalia.de, Bol.de, Kobobooks.com and GoogleBooks which are all supposed to work per WiFi.

I asked him: "Even MS-Word Documents?" and he confirmed it.
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Old 09-03-2011, 08:58 PM   #21
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I noticed it is supposed to directly download library books (select titles anyway).

I won't be rushing out to replace my 650 with it anytime soon, but it does seem an improvement. Nice to see they offer three colors in the States, rather than previously offering more everywhere else.
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Old 09-03-2011, 09:05 PM   #22
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Sorry, no, I didn't see it display in landscape. My son was there with me though so I will ask him when he gets home. He may have noticed.

Ken, I just asked my son, and he didn't see it in landscape either. I suspect it only displays in portrait.
Thanks for the follow-up. I will find out for sure later on. I would keep the 650 too if I were you. Probably the best build quality we will see for a long time.
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Old 09-03-2011, 09:35 PM   #23
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S (etal), So which color, red, white, or black, would be preferable?
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Old 09-03-2011, 10:07 PM   #24
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Dumb question but why do you need to have a store in your country to buy with WiFi? Doesn't the WiFi connect you to the internet which is worldwide? I'm obviously missing something here, could someone explain?
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The german guy at the IFA Sony stand told me(roughly translated):

"You will be able to download any compatible content from any web page per WiFi using the built in web browser."

He went on to list a couple of sales portals incl. Thalia.de, Bol.de, Kobobooks.com and GoogleBooks which are all supposed to work per WiFi.

I asked him: "Even MS-Word Documents?" and he confirmed it.
I hope this is true. I plan to retire the 505 my wife usually carries.
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Old 09-03-2011, 10:24 PM   #26
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This model is quite disappointing.
I want a stronger processor, 4Gb internal memory, text to speech, and stuff like that.
This thing has almost no new features at all, but instead of the distinguishing stylish brushed aluminum casing it has a cheap shiny plastic casing. And the external stylus is a big NO too.
This model has been released for the sake of price competition not for the sake of innovation.
The only thing I like so far are the enhanced customization options. But probably they could do that for my model too with the release of some new firmware.

As far as the release date is concerned Bol.com says 19.10.2011.
Stronger processor? Supposedly it is a 1ghz processor. That's plenty of power to run a Reader.

Almost no new features? WiFi, browser, can download eBooks, more font size choices, fonts to choose from, multi-touch, and other stuff. So really, it's got a lot more going for it.
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They are being released for sale in Australia next month and they will retail for $179 AU, much less than the $299 for the PRS-650.
That is great news indeed

Sony are really showing they are keen to remain in the ereader game.
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Dumb question but why do you need to have a store in your country to buy with WiFi? Doesn't the WiFi connect you to the internet which is worldwide? I'm obviously missing something here, could someone explain?
The Sony guy that I spoke to said that as there would still be no Sony Store in Australia, the only way you could obtain books via wifi in Australia was through Google or the library. He may have been wrong, but he said you could not buy books using the browser. I asked him about other stores such as Borders and Kobo, and he said you would not be able to buy from them using wifi.

I asked what was the point of having wifi then and he said you could use it to look things up about whatever you were reading e.g. find out more info about something written in the book.
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I went to an exclusive Sony product launch in Sydney last night and had a play with the new PRS-T1 Reader. It's very nice. I can't believe how light it is compared to my PRS-650!

Have you tried the 6 (someone says 7) different fonts that can be used with the T1?

What kind of fonts are they (serif or notserif)?

And is possible to change the line spacing?

Last but not least, the increase of the size of the fonts (they say 9 instead of the actual 6) are more gradual?

J also realized, loking at some short movies on You Tube, that the pinch (better: double tap) allowed by the new model only enlarge the page (like a magnifing glass), without any reflow of the text. Is this correct?
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Almost no new features? WiFi, browser, can download eBooks, more font size choices, fonts to choose from, multi-touch, and other stuff. So really, it's got a lot more going for it.
For me there are no innovating features, so far:

a) WiFi was alredy aviable on the PRS 950, and it was (with the wrong price) a big mistake not to implement it on PR650; with the WiFi on the T1 they have corrected an error of the PRS 650; the second error of this last model was, as alredy said, the price, not even comparable with the Kindle and more evident after the Nook touch and the Kombo touch;

b) font size choices are alredy possible installing PRS+ on the PRS 950, 650, 350 and other models (that allow to use not only 6 fonts and shows the time during reading);

c) multi-touch is only the possibility to enlarge the text (without reflowing it), alredy possible. They haven't even implemented a side touch that allow to turn pages (as the Nook Touch).

So far, the T1 is not very innovative (except for the price) and, on same aspects, is, on the contrary, involutive (plastic body, pen not included in the device).
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