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Old 09-05-2011, 01:43 PM   #46
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Slightly dissapointed.
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Stylus: an absolute no-no in my book. If you offer a stylus, you should also offer a way to keep the stylus with the device.
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Stylus, oh stylus, stylus.

Omitting the stylus storage port on the new T1 is a calculated effort on Sony's part to teach their customers some discipline.

And woe onto you if you ever lose it! The magical mystery hand-held device, developed by dozens of highly qualified engineers in heartbeaking, decades long toil can ONLY be replaced by Sony at the perfectly reasonable price of $59.95. And that's practically giving them away!
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Old 09-05-2011, 01:44 PM   #47
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After reading the reviews, and looking at the pictures and video, I must say that I am not impressed. Sony has bowed to the demands of the sheep, and lowered the quality of their, once fine, product.

I've owned a 500, a 505, and now a 650. The 650 is a great piece of tech - solid, dependable, clear, enough storage, long battery. It was not broken, and I wish they had not tried to "fix" it by adding in iJunk features.

Someone in this thread stated that "everyone" was asking for Wi-Fi. Untrue. My colleagues who own readers do not want, and can't use Wi-Fi. We use Calibre for our books, and get them from all over, not from the Sony Store.

Plastic? I have always loved the solidity of a metal piece of tech gear. Plastic is cheap, and, as someone else stated in this thread, will wear on the edges and look worn very quickly.

Multi-touch? Who cares. This is not an iPad or an iPhone. Not even close. Too bad Sony felt the need to try to take some market share from Apple.

I want a reader to read books on. Not to browse, to look up Wikipedia, etc. When I am on a plane, reading a paperback, I don't suddenly wish I could play a game on it, or make a call when we land......it is a book. To be read.

Sony made readers, and made them well. Too bad that time (seems) to be passing us. I am glad that bought a second 650 on eBay as a spare. Looks like I may be buying another shortly, so I will have a spare for the spare.
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Old 09-05-2011, 02:07 PM   #48
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I agree with you mgwerner... got my ereaders for reading. Also, concerning the plastic housing.. some of the kindles (thankfully not mine yet) have developed cracks in the lower corners (per kindleboard forum). Seems Amazon has been good on replacing those, but still........love the metal of my prs350/650.
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Old 09-05-2011, 02:18 PM   #49
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I'd love a high-end high-tech model. but I guess there is no such thing anymore
The ereader market is littered with the corpses of companies that tried to go down the high-end, high-price large reader route (Plastic Logic, Que). These companies were failing even before the iPad came out, though many of their problems stemmed from their inability to deliver quite what they promised.

Part of the problem is that there isn't much to improve right now. Adding WiFi was about the only option they had to 'improve' the 650, which is still pretty-much state-of-the-art at this size. Personally, I'd love to see a higher-end version with a 250+ dpi screen, and would pay for it, but that's up to eInk more than Sony
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Old 09-05-2011, 03:37 PM   #51
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As for wall chargers I don't understand the problem. Why not buy a charger specific to your reader? I bought one for my 650 from Amazon for less than £5 and it works fine.
Sadly, that's not entirely true for the x50. I have only 1 microSD charger (or rather, a charger where I can insert my own USB cable). That one works. I have 2 car (sigaret) chargers. One works, the other doesn't. My mother has a microSD charger (from her phone). It doesn't work. I bought a new one for her (a generic one, from a company that sells phone chargers) and that one works. Why? Don't know. What's the difference? No clue... And if you read about the x50 and wall chargers, you'll see the same thing everywhere: some work, some don't.
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Old 09-05-2011, 03:50 PM   #52
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Imagine you love cars and save money for years to get a nice BMW X6 only to find that it does not exist anymore, that only some cheap small model with a weak engine is available cause "If BMW wants to stay competitive in the market, they can't sell fancy cars" anymore ...

I'm not wealthy but I can still afford to buy a high-end reader with the latest technology if it was only out there. I don't have to buy one every 6 months, which is why when I decide to buy one, I'd love a high-end high-tech model. but I guess there is no such thing anymore
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Old 09-05-2011, 03:56 PM   #53
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Plastic case.
No support for LRF (unless the UK website knows more about it than others).
I am not sure how dictionary works. When I double tap on 650 I get word's definition. On T1 I see many options, such as google, wiki, etc., but where is the dictionary?
No holder for stylus
From the videos that I've seen, with the T1 you will touch and hold on the word (rather than double-tap). The dictionary definition still appears at the bottom of the screen. However, also on the screen (near the word) are buttons (option bubbles) for highlight, add note, search, google, and wikipedia.
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From the videos that I've seen, with the T1 you will touch and hold on the word (rather than double-tap). The dictionary definition still appears at the bottom of the screen. .
I hope so. I thought I saw a glimpse of it in one of the videos but was not sure.
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However, also on the screen (near the word) are buttons (option bubbles) for highlight, add note, search, google, and wikipedia.
Again, I hope there is an option to switch this pop-up screen off. When I read fantasy book and want to check an unknown word in dictionary, I don't want to see this pop-up variety of ...things.


However, I believe the history is going to repeat itself.
PRS-505 was a perfect reader for its time, then they made 700, 600...and only 3 years later they manage to design a successful model - PRS-650.
They will hone features and h/w on a few new models then come up with an exclusive one.
I guess till then 650 will be my friend.
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Old 09-05-2011, 04:50 PM   #55
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I hope so. I thought I saw a glimpse of it in one of the videos but was not sure.
Again, I hope there is an option to switch this pop-up screen off. When I read fantasy book and want to check an unknown word in dictionary, I don't want to see this pop-up variety of ...things.
I doubt there will be an option to turn the pop-up off. This method is similar to how Android reading apps and the new Nook works so I am not surprised to see Sony implement it too. One interesting thing I noticed in the video is that it appears you might be able to highlight both forwards and backwards. That would be great if you can adjust bars for highlights.
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you might be able to highlight both forwards and backwards. That would be great if you can adjust bars for highlights.
You can not highlight backward in the current Sony x50 models?
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PRS-505 was a perfect reader for its time, then they made 700, 600...and only 3 years later they manage to design a successful model - PRS-650.
My 505 is still going strong 4 years after it was purchased. It gets used several hours every day, these days by my wife. But if I have to call a reader a perfect reader, my vote goes for my 950. It has everything that was clamored for by those who felt deprived by, for example, lack of wifi on the 650. I expect to get a lot of years of use out of my 950. I wonder how many people will be boasting about their T1 a couple of years down the road.
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You can not highlight backward in the current Sony x50 models?
Sure, you can highlight backwards. The keyword is forward AND backwards from a highlighted word rather than either/or. I think my Nook Color also only works in one direction. Same with my Kindle.
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Sure, you can highlight backwards. The keyword is forward AND backwards from a highlighted word rather than either/or. I think my Nook Color also only works in one direction. Same with my Kindle.
Yeah, that would make the highlight process quicker (I guess)
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WHY?

Sony was obviously selling as many x50 readers as it could make, based on the limited availability at time.

Since most think they are limited in the number of eInk screens they can get, WHY lower prices?
I don't share your point of view. In my opinion, Sony ran out of readers because they had low inventory, not because they were selling them like hot cakes. I think there is some truth to the fact that they were focusing on the japanese ereader market.
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