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

[speakingtohe]

Originally Posted by parkher

Aura does not support landscape for books, only for pdf.
Actually, Aura would be a bit of an overkill for landscape if it supported it.
I think that the text should be about 8.8 cm wide as in printed paperbacks. Provided you are using a similar size font as in printed paperbacks. Then on Aura you still have some margins left. More would be better, but enough. I got Aura specifically so I don't have to use landscape. But without landscape it is difficult to hold the reader for a longer time, no way to hang it on a finger.

If you have a 6" reader, try landscape on it.
6" in landscape orientation becomes 12cm wide, so you can have:

1 cm margin + 10 cm text + 1 cm margin
1.5 cm margin + 9 cm text + 1.5 cm margin
etc.
See which feels better for you - it depends on the font size, if you are using smaller font you might want to have wider margins and narrower text, if larger font - wider text.

The width of text should depend on the size of letters. But nobody can agree what is the best ratio: 1.5 alphabets - 1.75 alphabets - 2 alphabets - 2.25 alphabets - 2.5 alphabets - even 2.75 alhpabets are mentioned.
In mass market paperbacks the requirement seems to be 40-60 letters per full line of text. Correspondingly, there is some range of font sizes in paperbacks too.

I assumed from this line in post #217 that you were referring to the Aura and couldn't figure out how you did it.

I use portrait on 6.8" and on 9.7", I only don't use it on 6".

Which 6.8" one did you mean?

I have tried landscape on the Sony and did not like it, tried it again with margins and still don't like it, and you yourself say you do not use it on 6" readers.

Oh well, each to his/her own.

Helen

[ucfgrad93]

Originally Posted by parkher

That's what I need to work on. To stop caring about people

Yeah, you come across as really caring about people.

[trocchietto]

Sorry for the delay Parker mate

Well you are right about the root, indeed
I am just scared to format run the files etc
I am really tempted to use my
Favorite android programs like repligo reader for PDF with a gorgeous reflow that allows you to highlight


Regarding the people you know.. Well are your friensd probably..
Here in the Netherlands I have never seen a rooted t2 otherwise I would have ask to root mine 1.0.03.09110 but all in all I cannot complain apart the terrible integration with every note and the limitations of copy due to copyright
It is fine just pity cannot easily export my annotations as I would like. But we cannot speculate without official data


Regarding the politics of Sony we have maybe to think they are Japanese their culture is a culture with capital C, profit is important but coherence with their choices also. That is why I would expect to see the t3 on time and I love and I am loyal to them but still really they lose huge market quotes I agree with you
But I am addicted to their reader and also they offer me a dutch English dict really cool to learn the language in comparison with the others peers.
If t3 is more tablet I would expect some audio back also considering how is thick

Well paper white is not bad Lso if I do not know the light issue you speak about
But I would not define junk the amazon products indeed already the kindle touch was not bad and if they will come with the color will be a pain for Sony if they did not believe me but we will see no theory now





Most important point to reply to your email ( sorry for the delay)
I want color to:
See video with high refresh rate( it is possible with the link I mentioned)
I want a smooth navigation in Internet on the beach from their wi fi spots
And color helps
I want an all in one device without carry on three devices always( sometimes could need a smooth tablet for working and it is nice

I want a tablet experience( color is implied) without batteries issues eecially to see video

I want to read comics

I want to read PDF cool documents and pinch and zoom
I want to see images
I want to HIGHLIGHT WITH DIFFERENT COLORS my pages as I used to do as when I was student because ereader should mean also study not fiction books when you are crazy and addicted to read like me maybe
I want to see images of marika fruscio from Internet engines images( just to not publicize google)
I want to read the cover with the colors when I wake up on the morning and pick my reader from the bed shelve to kiss him in the morning and start the day...thinking I have one book really like with me
And then with a magic touch change the cover.

I am fetishist no way! As soon as you speak with ignorant people they say ALWAYS to me one affirmation so banal ( just the second one after why every bloody day everybody asked me why we Italian are so smart and we had a prime minister bla bla bla) : you know ok can be useful- tone of voice really sufficient and critic - but the feeeeeeeeliiiiiiiing to touch the paper you cannot have.

Well dear Parker I would love to kill this people choking them with renaissance Middle Ages ( copies) of incunambula with illustration as they want to imply that they scored a smart point while they should understand that if somebody buy and use a lot an ereader is OF COURSE really fascinated by paper while they experience the peak of their paper experience in an other room.
BUT STILL everybody that is smart enough knows the dream to have a personal library with you and when I have been in Naples to meet my family I spent hours on my library seing the special editions opening casually the books and uffy iffy I had feeling comparable when I meet pretty girls( always more rarely I admit). So all this to say you my friend that ONLY the pleasure to open the reader and see one of the covers i used to own in hardcopy format with a color makes me happy then think please what if with this color technology you can make the background a bit more yellow as old just a bit like the book we owns and are a bit older than the new think if you can highlight with a pen blue effect or pencil instead of the impersonal black Sony line when you see this on tablets bleah looks fake on ereader not reflexive screen can be really paper alike or pergamena effects or once in a why using cool blue fonts that sometimes are nice let s face it



So dear bookworm please do not say to me to put it on my ( nice to see movies) 55 inches tv because I am a retro gamer and a nostalgic and color can do a lot for all the reason mentioned.
Somewhere over the rainbow

[parkher]

trocchietto

If you have 1.0.03.09110, please DO NOT upgrade to 1.0.05 and if you want to upgrade to 1.0.04 - also do not use the current one from Sony, but rather you can take a safe one from here:
http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...ReleasesT2/FW/
There you can take the safe version of 1.0.04.11081 for US or EU model whichever you need.
Then you will still be able to root your T2 later.

As to rooting, it is pretty safe and there should be no problems.
JailBreak and installing AMR is very safe.
There are couple of optional (but very useful) steps involving re-partitioning.
Those steps could be dangerous if you experiment yourself and don't know what you are doing. But here, it is ready made and already tested many times and therefore is safe too.
The most dangerous thing is restoring back from full backup. It should not be needed, but if it is needed, it is important that your computer does not hang at a critical time while writing a couple of small partitions into T2.
Again, putting it into perspective:
- rooting T2 does not involve the restoring from backup step, it is not needed, but could be needed if you decide to go back to the unrooted version or if some serious problem occurs and you cannot fix it any other way (there should not be such a problem).
- if you do need to restore from backup, it only takes a few minutes
- and during those few minutes, the critical time is a very small part of those few minutes, only when writing boot and recovery partitions, so seconds rather than minutes.
So, in theory, if you ever need to restore (you will probably not) and if during the restoration process your computer hangs, and it happens not at any time but only during writing those two rather small partitions, then you may be in trouble.
So it really never happens.
But if you need to write from backup to T2, better do it after fresh reboot of your PC with no unnecessary programs running, it would be good to use UPS if the power suddenly goes off, etc.

So you see - rooting T2 is really absolutely safe, restoring back is only theoretically dangerous, but otherwise - safe.


As to color - I think that color tablets with new screen technologies will soon appear - with reflective screens that can be used in sunlight and with reduced power consumption. How good they will be for reading books? Probably not as good as e-ink, but better than iPad.

As to color covers - it is a big deception, really.
A cover is not an integral part of a book, because the same book often has many different covers for different editions and from different publishers. So that proves, that cover means nothing. Which cover to choose to add to your book?
I prefer without any covers, so the files are smaller.

[jersysman]

This thread has drifted quite a ways from the original OP.

:sigh:

[parkher]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Which 6.8" one did you mean?

I have tried landscape on the Sony and did not like it, tried it again with margins and still don't like it, and you yourself say you do not use it on 6" readers.

Oh well, each to his/her own.

Helen

I think, so far there is only one 6.8" reader in the world - Aura HD ?

You know, in Cool Reader I have two profiles - for landscape and for portrait.
So I can switch landscape/portrait instantly - at the same time margin sizes are changed correspondingly. So I tried reading in both orientations and there is no question that I like landscape much better - it simply resembles a half of a page or a real printed book.
And of course, landscape has this huge advantage that it is much easier to hold the book without the danger of it slipping from your hand and dropping and breaking. Again, the cover is wedged between 5,4 fingers outside and 3 finger inside, with 2 finger on top and 1 finger in front, also used to turn pages. Works for both hands, but to turn pages with the right hand you need to set up the tap zone in the right top corner, with the left hand - using a button (I swapped the next/previous buttons for perfect placement)

But if you tried it and did not like it, well, I do not understand it, but I do understand that people have different tastes and preferences.

[parkher]

Originally Posted by jersysman

This thread has drifted quite a ways from the original OP.

:sigh:

And mostly because of me...
Sorry.

Still, at least discussing T2 and sometimes comparing with our expectations for T3

My expectations for T3.

1. That it is successfully hacked (open android from Sony - too much to hope for?)
2. higher screen resolution
3. IR touchscreen, not capacitive
4. at least one of the two modifications without the integrated light.

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by parkher

And mostly because of me...
Sorry.

Still, at least discussing T2 and sometimes comparing with our expectations for T3

My expectations for T3.

1. That it is successfully hacked (open android from Sony - too much to hope for?)
2. higher screen resolution
3. IR touchscreen, not capacitive
4. at least one of the two modifications without the integrated light.

I would like it to have #2 and #3 (if it provides higher contrast. If not, then either will do). However, it must have a light for me. That is a real deal-breaker for me.

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by jersysman

I would like it to have #2 and #3 (if it provides higher contrast. If not, then either will do). However, it must have a light for me. That is a real deal-breaker for me.

I too would only consider the T3 if it has a light. (And the possibility to turn it off!)

[Kaitou Ace]

Originally Posted by jlynton

I too would only consider the T3 if it has a light. (And the possibility to turn it off!)

Likewise. It's become a must have for me. I just spent two hours sitting on the beach and reading. With the Glo set on minimum light it was all I needed.

[ersott]

I considered change to sony prs t3 if...

1- it has a light (And the possibility to turn it off!) like jlynton.

2- if this t3 will have white screen and contrast with light off at least like t2 has.

3- higher resolution is good, but in Paperwhite it causes font less dark...

[Josieb1]

As much as I love my Kindle Paperwhite I'd be tempted with a T3 if it had a light, storage higher than the Paperwhite, and still created collections from my Calibre tags, that's the thing I miss the most with my Paperwhite.

[parkher]

What is happening, has the world gone mad?

The integrated light is complete nonsense. I hope Sony understands it and will never add it to their readers.

And I'm no longer speaking about the unnecessarily reduced contrast with that stupid light distributing layer, and possible future problems with cracks in it.

Do not believe the propaganda that "reflected" front light is better for the eyes than back light. No, it is not. The same knife to stab at your eyes.

Let me tell you the following. I have Aura HD. It has the best lighting system - unbelievably even. You can even regulate the weight of the fonts so you can increase the thickness of the font when you are using that light. The light itself is very strong at 100% but you can set it at 1% if you want.
It is just perfect. And I cannot see any reduced contrast compared to T2 - which I am really reluctant to admit

But there is one small thing:

Reading in the insufficient light conditions when additional light is needed, all font settings, all lighting power settings - they all are very painful and unpleasant for the eyes.

When I switch that integrated light completely off and clip on an Ozeri Kandle Flex instead, I get a million times more pleasant for reading and easier on the eyes lighting..

There is absolutely no comparison. None whatsoever.
Never use integrated light. Use clip-on light instead, if you must. But better just a desk light. Or a wall light.

NOTE: that is true, that Ozeri Kandle Flex is probably the very best clip-on light in the world. But probably the light integrated into the Sony cover gives similar result.
I am familiar with that cover, my sister has two of them. But I can't compare it to Ozeri at this time.

But that clip-on light gives a much more natural lighting and it is sort of pleasant, no strain on the eyes.
So, even though I have the integrated light, I have to go completely crazy to use it when I can use a much much better clip-on light which fits in any pocked, by the way.

The quality of clip-on lighting is not comparable at all. Completely different much better lighting. I am not open to any discussions on this point. The difference is like day and night. And I am comparing to the very best integrated light: Aura HD.

If somebody is interested, here is the best ever German-made clip-on light:
http://www.ozerishop.de/gx3/product_...er--black.html
or this one:
http://www.ozerishop.de/gx3/product_...-graphite.html
or this one:
http://www.ozerishop.de/gx3/product_...er--white.html

but ignore Kandle and Kandle II lights. they do not have the flexible neck.
The one with the neck (Flex) is much better. And the fastening to the reader system is much better too and absolutely stable.
I have Kandle II without the neck too so I know.

NOTE 2: when I say "the best in the world" I may be wrong. If somebody knows even better clip-on light, please tell us.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by parkher

What is happening, has the world gone mad?

The integrated light is complete nonsense. I hope Sony understands it and will never add it to their readers.

Having had 7 ereaders before my Paperwhite I thank you for your opinion. No I'm not mad I love the integrated light and will never buy another ereader without one.

[parkher]

I have Aura HD with integrated light, but if I need a light I clip on Ozeri Flex on Aura.
So why I need that unnecessary layer then?

I don't know if you ever tried a really high quality light, like Ozeri Flex. But as I said - there is no comparison whatsoever. Integrated light is painful and unpleasant and the page does not look like paper at all - it looks like a LCD screen.
The clip-on light makes the screen look like real paper, pleasant and easy on the eyes.
Relatively speaking, of course. When you don't have enough external lighting.

Why anyone would want to use LCD-like lighting when you can have external-like clip-on lighting.
The answer is, I guess: convenience. Even the quality is so much worse.
But such harmful lighting should be used only in emergencies, not regularly.
So why not have a clip-on light for emergencies? BTW, clip-on light perhaps can be used more regularly - it is really far less harmful for the eyes.

I never liked the idea of integrated lighting, because it goes against the whole idea of e-ink - the screen should not glow because paper books do not glow.
But my eyes were really opened only when I got that Aura and tried its light and then clipped on it Ozeri Flex. What a huge difference! Fundamental difference, because the texture of the paper (i.e. screen) is completely different.

I read that Sony is also of the same opinion. That integrated lighting is so inferior and makes e-ink look so bad that they will never again integrate lighting into their readers.
I hope those rumors are true. Besides, Sony lighting is integrated into their covers - it is a pretty good solution. But the cover has increased dimensions, the 6" reader is almost like 6.8" Aura, therefore I don't like it. I prefer a clip-on light instead. Even though the integrated Sony light is more convenient to use.