Sony's unannounced Reader PRS-T3 leaks out at the FCC

[parkher]

Originally Posted by taming

I can't imagine ever being able to legitimately obtain 27,000 books unless I were to quit my job and spend my time on the hunt for every free book that it is possible to find.

You can thank me for saving your job - no hunting required:
just go to Project Gutenberg and download 45,000 books

[Feher]

Originally Posted by Rizla

Sony aren't even going to let you root the device, never mind include a norefresh mode in Android. I'll hold out hope, but Sony is looking like a dead-end for rooting.

Yeah, you can run norefresh on the T1 (and the T2?). Hopefully you don't trash the thing rooting it.

I don't find the flashing bothers me that much. It did at first, not so much now, though I would like to have norefresh.

It is possible on the Nook, but I couldn't get it run consistently on my version of the firmware (1.2.0 I think). It actually worked a couple of times, but I gave up eventually.

They talk about installing a custom kernel, etc, etc. I can't be bothered. It does what I need. I might try again and get it working at some point. It would be nice, but it might impact battery.

If you're rooting a nook, you need to do some stuff to make the battery not get sucked up. The main thing is some process (cell standby?) that eats the battery. I deleted the apk and it was okay.

Thanks a ton for the info
I need this feature, so i am going to look around and see which reader will suit my purpose: T1/T2 or Nook

[parkher]

Originally Posted by medard

Sir, on PRS-T2 you can create a maximum of 99 folders (or shelves as we call them).

I have created exactly 0 (zero) shelves so far on my 5 T1/T2 readers.
I mean real folders (directories), not shelves.
I do not use shelves.
I am using Cool Reader 3 and it has its own internal file manager to navigate real folders. Furthermore, it has its own internal list of the last read books, and you can choose any book in that list and get directly to its folder - it is a very convenient shortcut to get the next book in a series, or just to get to the general vicinity of where you want to be.
Cool Reader also allows to search for books, but I don't use that feature much, because it requires to type in at least some letters and I type only on highly ergonomic keyboards, I do not touch screens. That's why I hate Aura so much. They forgot buttons!!!

[medard]

That sounds nice, parkher. I didn't root my T2 so far. My Reader has firmware 1.0.05 now so that's not possible anymore. If I get my second Reader back I'll have a look what firmware it has and then I'll try some stuff. I've read a lot about Cool Reader so far, I'm really curious to see it myself someday.

[HoraceWimp]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

The buttons on Sony's x50 line of readers were ideal to me. They were small enough that having them didn't really add much to the size of the reader and unobtrusive, yet gave you full control over everything.

Yes. I liked the 650 and at the end it came down to a choice between that and the T2. I went for the T2 in the end for the wi-fi connectivity and slightly more modern design.

I just think Sony is missing a trick here with these control buttons. Whilst they are there quite clearly for functional reasons that shouldn’t mean they can’t be more sympathetically incorporated into the overall casing design. The overall ergonomic feel of the T2 is very nice—except for those clunky, hard, shiny buttons.

It’s not even as if the function of those five buttons is going to be hard to forget. Without even looking at my T2 I can remember the two buttons on the left are for page back and forward, the middle the home button, the next one the back one step and the one on the far right for bringing up preference panels.

Why do they have to be so prominent and glaring in bright silver? The whole device would have been so much nicer had they been toned down, the button material changed into a rubberised one, in a matching colour to the case and perhaps the symbols indented into them in case you did forget what they were for.

It’s a shame—Sony could elevate their products into being really nice ones with a little more thought and care in the product design area. It’s the attention to these types of little details that turn run of the mill, average products into ones people really want to buy and enjoy using. This is particularly important in such a hotly contested market as ereaders.

[parkher]

Originally Posted by medard

That sounds nice, parkher. I didn't root my T2 so far. My Reader has firmware 1.0.05 now so that's not possible anymore. If I get my second Reader back I'll have a look what firmware it has and then I'll try some stuff. I've read a lot about Cool Reader so far, I'm really curious to see it myself someday.

Yes, when buying T2 it is the most important thing to check what firmware it has.

As to Cool Reader 3, I am using specifically builds made by jotas, I like them more, even though they might be a bit behind the official line of android Cool Reader as it comes to various unnecessary features.
But they support T2 buttons 100%. Also they have some improvements (some of them asked by me).

Here it is:

http://www.lectoreselectronicos.com/...k-Touch-(jotas)

It is also very good for landscape orientation. Again, jotas made some specific changes (reordering some things on some screens, so that things that are really needed are directly accessible) to help out people (like me) who use landscape on T2.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by medard

That sounds nice, parkher. I didn't root my T2 so far. My Reader has firmware 1.0.05 now so that's not possible anymore. If I get my second Reader back I'll have a look what firmware it has and then I'll try some stuff. I've read a lot about Cool Reader so far, I'm really curious to see it myself someday.

I've tried several ereaders on a phone and on Nook STR, and I've settled on Coolreader as the best. Orion is a very good and little known PDF reader designed for e-ink.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by HoraceWimp

I just think Sony is missing a trick here with these control buttons. Whilst they are there quite clearly for functional reasons that shouldn’t mean they can’t be more sympathetically incorporated into the overall casing design. The overall ergonomic feel of the T2 is very nice—except for those clunky, hard, shiny buttons.

I agree, but as it stands, Sony is the only e-reader with buttons anymore! Buttons alone are a good marketing move. It's a unique selling point.

[khahoon]

Originally Posted by Rizla

I've tried several ereaders on a phone and on Nook STR, and I've settled on Coolreader as the best. Orion is a very good and little known PDF reader designed for e-ink.

I also like Orion`s pdf manual cropping features. The best I have seen

[parkher]

I haven't tried a pdf on my T1/T2 yet - I always convert it to something else first.

Anyway, try Cool Reader 3 built by jotas.
I know, there is some discussion going, some people prefer the Lopatin mainstream ones, but I certainly don't.

As to buttons, I think Onyx Boox have buttons? Large buttons on both sides, and probably a joystick at the bottom.

[parkher]

Returning back to the issue of that unnecessary front-lighting which requires a special light distributing layer.

Read this about the new android Onyx Boox i63SL:
http://www.the-ebook.org/?p=18124#more-18124

It says that the contrast is noticeably reduced because that light distributing layer is "milky"

Ha! It is written not in English. At least some letters look like Greek
Anyway, Google Translate says:

Молочная подсветка -> Dairy lights

Which is pretty funny. Even though perfectly correct.
It shows that automatic translation is almost impossible.





So, yes, I demand an option from the manufacturers: no lighting, and buttons !!!

[Feher]

Originally Posted by parkher

It says that the contrast is noticeably reduced because that light distributing layer is "milky"

They are comparing this model with previous Onyx models, it could be Onyx i62 which has front-light. So it is possible that this particular model has inferior light distributing layer. Its superior versions with infrared and capacitive touch aren't released yet

Anyway i am with you on your demand, but it seems front-light has become the standard feature and manufacturers may not release models without it.

[parkher]

Again, capacitive touch screen has another top layer which is not 100% transparent.
Better IR.

I mean, I would like a choice to buy IR

[Feher]

Originally Posted by parkher

Again, capacitive touch screen has another top layer which is not 100% transparent.
Better IR.

I mean, I would like a choice to buy IR

Thanks for the info

I asked this question in Onyx subforum - what could be the possible differences between these two screen technologies as Onyx is going to launch two variants - R65 (IR based ) and C65 (Capacitive).

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by medard

That sounds nice, parkher. I didn't root my T2 so far. My Reader has firmware 1.0.05 now so that's not possible anymore. If I get my second Reader back I'll have a look what firmware it has and then I'll try some stuff. I've read a lot about Cool Reader so far, I'm really curious to see it myself someday.

Try the Windows version.
http://coolreader.org/e-index.htm

Here's a demo video of the Android version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO4cG4WnSbA

My rooted T1 is more stable under Coolreader than with the Sony reader app. Which isn't bad...just limited compared to Coolreader, which has been my reader of choice for 4 years and three ereader generations (BeBook. PB360, and Rooted T1) and two tablet generations.