New pictures of the Sony PRS-700 in action

Dave Berk · 10-14-2008, 08:29 PM

See here: http://reader-sony.ru/

Edit: Meant to post this in the Sony 700 subforum. Can a moderator move this please?

NatCh · 10-14-2008, 10:39 PM

No problemo -- moved.

Dave Berk · 10-14-2008, 10:45 PM

Thanks, NatCh!

NatCh · 10-14-2008, 10:45 PM

You're quite welcome, thanks for the link to the pix!

NatCh · 10-14-2008, 10:48 PM

Great googley moogley! That looks like a russified version of the 700 -- already! I wonder if this means that they're planning to release it there. And if they're not ... how the red and white polka-dotted blue blazes did they get ahold of one to russify!?!?!?

Dave Berk · 10-14-2008, 11:23 PM

Shhhh.. our russian friends have their methods...

Seriously, though, it looks like it was shot in a store, what with the security cables and the stands... Maybe a Sony Style store that got their supply early. As to the russian text, it could be an embedded epub or a pdf, or of course - a hacked PRS700

Seabound · 10-15-2008, 12:08 AM

It looks like the PRS-700's lighting system can use improvement.

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

As to the russian text, it could be an embedded epub or a pdf, or of course - a hacked PRS700

The thing that makes me think it's the latter is that some of the shots look like a manual. Of course someone could have xlated the manual and made a PDF of that I suppose.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seabound

It looks like the PRS-700's lighting system can use improvement.

I wouldn't put too much store in that, actually, just like e-ink itself, wedgelights never seem to photograph very well: they always seem to look better in person than in pixels.

mobelby · 10-15-2008, 12:37 AM

Thanks for the link.

Do wish they'd put up some photos without that sidelight on so I can see that you can turn the light off and that the screen then looks identical to the 505

Seabound · 10-15-2008, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I wouldn't put too much store in that, actually, just like e-ink itself, wedgelights never seem to photograph very well: they always seem to look better in person than in pixels.

You might be right. Always better to see it in person. I hope they go on display at Borders and Target soon.

kacir · 10-15-2008, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

That looks like a russified version of the 700 -- already! ... how the red and white polka-dotted blue blazes did they get ahold of one to russify!?!?!?

Easy and simple.
Create a pdf file in Azbuka and load it up.
This has worked since "good ole" PRS-500 days.

gwynevans · 10-15-2008, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

The thing that makes me think it's the latter is that some of the shots look like a manual. Of course someone could have xlated the manual and made a PDF of that I suppose.

One point to note is that the graphics in the document are of the 505, so I expect that all it's actually showing is that it can display East-European fonts in a PDF...

Slite · 10-15-2008, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seabound

You might be right. Always better to see it in person. I hope they go on display at Borders and Target soon.

That was my reaction as well, I thought the internal light looked god awful. Hopefully you wont notice the same thing IRL. Not that I plan on getting a PRS-700, but anyway

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwynevans

One point to note is that the graphics in the document are of the 505 ....

Ah yes, I got all excited and missed that detail.

Thanks for pointing it out.

igorsk · 10-15-2008, 05:23 PM

Russian text is all PDFs. The Russian version of manual was made by people from the-ebook.org forums.

10-14-2008, 08:29 PM	#1
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	New pictures of the Sony PRS-700 in action See here: http://reader-sony.ru/ Edit: Meant to post this in the Sony 700 subforum. Can a moderator move this please? Last edited by Dave Berk; 10-14-2008 at 08:32 PM.

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Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Shhhh.. our russian friends have their methods... Seriously, though, it looks like it was shot in a store, what with the security cables and the stands... Maybe a Sony Style store that got their supply early. As to the russian text, it could be an embedded epub or a pdf, or of course - a hacked PRS700

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