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Old 07-24-2008, 01:55 PM   #121
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Another question, with my ongoing thanks for patience with my cluelessness: is Adobe DE something that has to be installed on the eReader, something you install on your laptop to convert PDFs for your eReader, or now made unnecessary by the new firmware? (or something else entirely?)
DE goes on your PC, the new firmware will handle the e-pub files, and PDF reflow on the Reader itself.
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Old 07-24-2008, 01:58 PM   #122
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Well the 8GB memory stick limit just got expanded.

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MemoryStick™ MS DUO slot --> YES (Approx. 13000 from 16GB Stick)


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but you'd be forced to use fat32->very slow on the reader
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:06 PM   #123
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:06 PM   #124
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I may have to go take a nap or something so the waiting time won't go by so slowly... I wanna be able to play with new toys, dammit!
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:14 PM   #125
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Anyone else notice the hit to battery life? Sony usually claims 7,500 pages, but if you're reading epub books it's now 6,800 pages.

I also thought it was interesting that their spec sheet points out the case is "man made." I thought the cases were naturally occurring, so I'm glad they cleared that up!

Also, it does mention increased memory stick support, but what about SD?
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:14 PM   #126
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Anyone else notice the hit to battery life? Sony usually claims 7,500 pages, but if you're reading epub books it's now 6,800 pages.

I also thought it was interesting that their spec sheet points out the case is "man made." I thought the cases were naturally occurring, so I'm glad they cleared that up!

Also, it does mention increased memory stick support, but what about SD?
Where did you find out it's 6800 pages doe ePub vs 7500 for BBeB?
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:21 PM   #129
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Anyone else notice the hit to battery life? Sony usually claims 7,500 pages, but if you're reading epub books it's now 6,800 pages.
I'll be honest, I've never EVER got ANYWHERE near 7,500 pages. My battery runs down in about 10 days if I put it in standby mode when I'm not using it. So an easier way to get to "full off" will be helpful if that's truly part of the firmware update.

I guess if I could read 7500 pages in one session it WOULD get closer to it, but 95% of my time the Reader is not being used and in standby. I only read an hour a day on the train.
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Thanks, I may have to try some of those
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:29 PM   #132
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:30 PM   #134
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Where did you find out it's 6800 pages doe ePub vs 7500 for BBeB?
It's on the spec sheet that was linked to a couple pages back.
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Old 07-24-2008, 02:31 PM   #135
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I'll be interested to know if the ebooklibrary software changes much. Perhaps there's at least a feature or two that will be an improvement for PRS500 users.
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