Sony lowers price on PRS-T1 to $99.99, and offers trade in credit - Page 3

Barty · 12-09-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Rand Brittain

Frankly, the bug where italics don't show up is a much bigger concern to me than the freezing issues, which I haven't seen yet.

No italic? Yikes. How can they screw up something so basic?

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Originally Posted by SeaKing

I read the specifications for the PRS-T1.

They said that the reader was compatible with the browsers IE, Firefox, and others. It also had two finger pinch touch to spread or reduce the screen.

Can I use it to read email and surf the web except of course for video and flash like on a computer?

If so that would give me a bigger screen than my phone, and faster navigation than the navigator button on my old keyboard Kindle.

Because of the slow screen refresh rate, I doubt if web surfing /email is very pleasant even with touch. Think of all the screen flashing.

luqmaninbmore · 12-09-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Barty

No italic? Yikes. How can they screw up something so basic?

Because of the slow screen refresh rate, I doubt if web surfing /email is very pleasant even with touch. Think of all the screen flashing.

It's okay on my Kobo touch. The more recent devices are much better in regards to the flash than previous generations.

Richey79 · 12-09-2011, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by italianReader

In Europe is still priced the equivalent of 268.18 $. What a bargain

Lame.

It's not even positioned as a premium product anymore. With both types of Kindles being sold for pretty much half this price in Tescos and Kobos the same in WHSmiths, Sony can take a running jump, particularly with their non-existant customer support.

And I love my PRS650.

carpetmojo · 12-09-2011, 03:38 PM

Out of interest, I went to UK Sony shop to see the "official" price for T1.
Apparently you have to ring a central number if you want to buy one - in normal shop hours !
Then, when I tapped in postcode for store, it showed my nearest one's location, (30 miles away) but not whether it had any stock or not, nor how much it would be....... I would have to ring them up too.

None of this online shopping stuff for them, mate....

cfrizz · 12-09-2011, 07:36 PM

Thank you David. I have decided to get one. I am in the process of deleting my books from my 600. All the books are gone but I have to delete the empty collection items since those still show up on the reader as being there with no books in them.

Next I'm going to download the new Reader for pc software and load all of my books onto that. That's going to take some time, and even more time to load them onto my new reader once I get it.

Do you have any tips (aside from using Calibre for my books) to offer?

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Originally Posted by David58117

Trying to judge whether you're going to have problems with the reader and what the severity of it will be is a hit and miss.

I've had it since launch and never had the issues reported (crashing, freezes, page flips etc). However last week I had the touch screen go unresponsive after about 2 hours of reading. I was using the buttons so it didn't bother me,,I just did the reset and was back up within a minute.

I've had a few readers and would rank it as one of the best I've used..

cfrizz · 12-10-2011, 06:27 PM

Well I now have a PRS T1! I love it, I got the reader, the lighted cover & the charger all for 134.85! I updated to software to version 1.1.04.11230 and then let it synch all of my books. It took about an hour.

It's great to have a new reader. If you are on the fence about this jump off & get one!

Fbone · 12-10-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cfrizz

Well I now have a PRS T1! I love it, I got the reader, the lighted cover & the charger all for 134.85! I updated to software to version 1.1.04.11230 and then let it synch all of my books. It took about an hour.

It's great to have a new reader. If you are on the fence about this jump off & get one!

That's a great deal. Where did you get it?

cfrizz · 12-10-2011, 07:25 PM

I went into the Sony store in Boston, walked out within 10 minutes with my new reader. Between the $50.00 trade in and the $99.00 price of the reader, it was an offer I just couldn't refuse!

spindlegirl · 12-11-2011, 06:44 PM

They seem pretty eager to get rid of their 2011 stock haha! But sounds like a good deal. I still want to keep my Kobo touch. The pleasure and pain that it came with makes it like one of my kids. Can't trade it in.

Kumabjorn · 12-12-2011, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by cfrizz

I went into the Sony store in Boston, walked out within 10 minutes with my new reader. Between the $50.00 trade in and the $99.00 price of the reader, it was an offer I just couldn't refuse!

So that is basically $50 for their latest reader? Fantastic bargain. At the same time it makes me wonder why they are so eager to get rid of them. Are they departing the e-reader business?

tubemonkey · 12-12-2011, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

So that is basically $50 for their latest reader? Fantastic bargain. At the same time it makes me wonder why they are so eager to get rid of them. Are they departing the e-reader business?

Or maybe dumping a troubled model?

Asawi · 12-12-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Or maybe dumping a troubled model?

If by "troubled model" you refer to the x50 range, then that's not correct. The x50 range has been hugely popular among users and I am not under the impression it is a troubled range at all. The PRS600, now that was a model that they shouldn't have released and I would be happy to trade one in if I had one.

No way I would trade in any working x50 for $50! They are worth way more than that!

tubemonkey · 12-12-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Asawi

If by "troubled model" you refer to the x50 range, then that's not correct. The x50 range has been hugely popular among users and I am not under the impression it is a troubled range at all. The PRS600, now that was a model that they shouldn't have released and I would be happy to trade one in if I had one.

The T1.

JSWolf · 12-12-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The T1.

The new firmware fixes the page turn problems. So it's no longer a troubled model.

anamardoll · 12-12-2011, 11:56 AM

I would assume they're desperate to compete with Amazon and B&N before they're cornered out of the market entirely. Particularly the book-store market, which is an important thing to capture.

12-09-2011, 03:38 PM	#34
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	No reader at the inn....... Out of interest, I went to UK Sony shop to see the "official" price for T1. Apparently you have to ring a central number if you want to buy one - in normal shop hours ! Then, when I tapped in postcode for store, it showed my nearest one's location, (30 miles away) but not whether it had any stock or not, nor how much it would be....... I would have to ring them up too. None of this online shopping stuff for them, mate....

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12-10-2011, 06:27 PM	#36
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,570 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	Well I now have a PRS T1! I love it, I got the reader, the lighted cover & the charger all for 134.85! I updated to software to version 1.1.04.11230 and then let it synch all of my books. It took about an hour. It's great to have a new reader. If you are on the fence about this jump off & get one!

12-10-2011, 07:25 PM	#38
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,570 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	I went into the Sony store in Boston, walked out within 10 minutes with my new reader. Between the $50.00 trade in and the $99.00 price of the reader, it was an offer I just couldn't refuse!

12-11-2011, 06:44 PM	#39
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	They seem pretty eager to get rid of their 2011 stock haha! But sounds like a good deal. I still want to keep my Kobo touch. The pleasure and pain that it came with makes it like one of my kids. Can't trade it in.

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anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I would assume they're desperate to compete with Amazon and B&N before they're cornered out of the market entirely. Particularly the book-store market, which is an important thing to capture.