505 arriving shortly

gragra · 07-20-2009, 08:40 AM

due in the next ten days from the usa to australia, so im studying up on the forums to gain some knowledge so i wont end up bieng to geeky when i do post.howdy to allthe aussies-gragra from sydney

ladyjane · 07-20-2009, 09:05 AM

hello gragra and welcome , waiting is like watching ketchup come out of a bottle

good choice on readers and make sure you take advantage of all the free books here on this site. ask all the questions you have and don't attack the mail person when they come to your door 10 days from now...Happy reading

MickeyC · 07-20-2009, 01:37 PM

G'Day gragra and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and let us know how you like your Sony when it arrives

gragra · 07-21-2009, 03:52 AM

its bieng 24 hours and im still waiting!!!!!

Journier · 07-21-2009, 04:26 AM

gragra, I have a 505 and a 700. Although I really do like the 700, I find myself using my 505 a lot more. The screen is crisper to me. And, even though the page turn may be a bit slower, it is no biggie. I hope you really enjoy it. I really like it because of the formats available and it is really user friendly. I also like the Sony ebook store. Some of their books are a little more expensive, but some are a lot cheaper than at other places I think. I purchase enough there that it evens out to a reasonalbe price per book. And, although firmware updates are few and far between, you just click on it and down load it. You don't have to be computer savvy. I think you will really enjoy it.

Stitchawl · 07-21-2009, 04:33 AM

Hi gragra!

Take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, then let it out sloooooowly. Now do it again... That's right.

Relax and visualize the postal carrier walking up to your door, ringing the bell, and handing your your package. This is going to happen very soon. Just not soon enough.

So now is a very good time for you to begin assembling your collection of e-books to read. Download a copy of Calibre and download the Sony Library and install both. Then come back here and begin plundering the huge assortment of free e-books just waiting for you! Find all the new books and old classics that you've wanted to read, and bring them down into your computer. You should have enough time to download several hundred books before your reader arrives, so you can begin reading immediately!

About a day or two before you believe the Sony will arrive, divorce your spouse, kick the kids out of the house, sell the dog or cat, and phone out for an established daily delivery of meals so you won't have to waste time cooking, and you're good to go!

Enjoy your new lifestyle!

Stitchawl

constroy · 07-21-2009, 10:39 AM

I know exactly how you feel...lol. My 505 was supposed to be delivered the 17th by UPS. Of course they gave me the tracking number and I went online as soon as I received shipment conformation and checked it every 10 minutes or so thinking it would miraculously appear at my door. Suddenly on time delivery changed to status of "emergency beyond UPS' control". HUH....AHHHH!!! I just knew that UPS got in a wreck tossing my reader out the window only to be run over by another car. Needless to say it appeared on the 20th in so far perfect working order.....that was a close one! Now it's all I can do not to call into work sick the next couple days so I can sit home and nurse my new found illness!! Enjoy your reader!

narbeauchamp · 07-21-2009, 12:42 PM

One of the best things about the reader-is that sometimes people really can't tell what you're doing...I've had it on my desk..and most people tend to assume its some sort of agenda...and its great for long conference calls I don't really need to be on-I pull out the reader and I appear to be "engrossed" ...but really am just reading ! Enjoy your new reader !!!!

benham · 07-21-2009, 01:18 PM

The most important question of course is what color is it?

gragra · 07-22-2009, 03:48 AM

if all goes well and im sorry for the others- it will be BLUE-sorry and commiserations to the others,maybe at an outside chance it might get airsick and turn puice

gragra · 07-23-2009, 03:51 AM

not today dammit-maybe tomorrow friday 24th!!(id love to have it for the weekend)

MickeyC · 07-23-2009, 01:44 PM

Damn, the wait's killing me and I already have one! Come on Sony, get it there!

TDF · 07-24-2009, 02:00 AM

Hehe, just got mine today (also blue). Loving it, although at first it felt rather weird having to press a button instead of turning the pages.

gragra · 07-24-2009, 04:03 AM

Shite folks its 5.00pm and it aint nowhere in site,looks like a long long weekend till monday damn damn damn!

gragra · 07-27-2009, 03:46 AM

well thier goes another monday, hope im in a better frame of mind next monday!

07-20-2009, 08:40 AM	#1
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	505 arriving shortly due in the next ten days from the usa to australia, so im studying up on the forums to gain some knowledge so i wont end up bieng to geeky when i do post.howdy to allthe aussies-gragra from sydney

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07-20-2009, 09:05 AM	#2
ladyjane I hate to clean Posts: 125 Karma: 1155 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Burlington, ontario Device: Sony PRS-505, Acer NetBook	hello gragra and welcome , waiting is like watching ketchup come out of a bottle good choice on readers and make sure you take advantage of all the free books here on this site. ask all the questions you have and don't attack the mail person when they come to your door 10 days from now...Happy reading

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	G'Day gragra and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and let us know how you like your Sony when it arrives

07-21-2009, 03:52 AM	#4
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	its bieng 24 hours and im still waiting!!!!!

07-21-2009, 04:26 AM	#5
Journier Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 415 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern CA Device: Kindle Oasis	gragra, I have a 505 and a 700. Although I really do like the 700, I find myself using my 505 a lot more. The screen is crisper to me. And, even though the page turn may be a bit slower, it is no biggie. I hope you really enjoy it. I really like it because of the formats available and it is really user friendly. I also like the Sony ebook store. Some of their books are a little more expensive, but some are a lot cheaper than at other places I think. I purchase enough there that it evens out to a reasonalbe price per book. And, although firmware updates are few and far between, you just click on it and down load it. You don't have to be computer savvy. I think you will really enjoy it.

07-21-2009, 04:33 AM	#6
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Hi gragra! Take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, then let it out sloooooowly. Now do it again... That's right. Relax and visualize the postal carrier walking up to your door, ringing the bell, and handing your your package. This is going to happen very soon. Just not soon enough. So now is a very good time for you to begin assembling your collection of e-books to read. Download a copy of Calibre and download the Sony Library and install both. Then come back here and begin plundering the huge assortment of free e-books just waiting for you! Find all the new books and old classics that you've wanted to read, and bring them down into your computer. You should have enough time to download several hundred books before your reader arrives, so you can begin reading immediately! About a day or two before you believe the Sony will arrive, divorce your spouse, kick the kids out of the house, sell the dog or cat, and phone out for an established daily delivery of meals so you won't have to waste time cooking, and you're good to go! Enjoy your new lifestyle! Stitchawl

07-21-2009, 10:39 AM	#7
constroy Member Posts: 23 Karma: 78628 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Washington State Device: PRS-505 Blue, nexus 7, Kindle PW2	I know exactly how you feel...lol. My 505 was supposed to be delivered the 17th by UPS. Of course they gave me the tracking number and I went online as soon as I received shipment conformation and checked it every 10 minutes or so thinking it would miraculously appear at my door. Suddenly on time delivery changed to status of "emergency beyond UPS' control". HUH....AHHHH!!! I just knew that UPS got in a wreck tossing my reader out the window only to be run over by another car. Needless to say it appeared on the 20th in so far perfect working order.....that was a close one! Now it's all I can do not to call into work sick the next couple days so I can sit home and nurse my new found illness!! Enjoy your reader!

07-21-2009, 12:42 PM	#8
narbeauchamp Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 98 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York,NY Device: PRS700BC/PRS505/TZ350N/MacBook/Aspire One/iPad/iPhone/BB 9630	One of the best things about the reader-is that sometimes people really can't tell what you're doing...I've had it on my desk..and most people tend to assume its some sort of agenda...and its great for long conference calls I don't really need to be on-I pull out the reader and I appear to be "engrossed" ...but really am just reading ! Enjoy your new reader !!!!

07-21-2009, 01:18 PM	#9
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	The most important question of course is what color is it?

07-22-2009, 03:48 AM	#10
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	if all goes well and im sorry for the others- it will be BLUE-sorry and commiserations to the others,maybe at an outside chance it might get airsick and turn puice

07-23-2009, 03:51 AM	#11
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	not today dammit-maybe tomorrow friday 24th!!(id love to have it for the weekend)

07-23-2009, 01:44 PM	#12
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Damn, the wait's killing me and I already have one! Come on Sony, get it there!

07-24-2009, 02:00 AM	#13
TDF Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 846758 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA, MA Device: Onyx Boox M92, Sony PRS-505 (mostly RIP)	Hehe, just got mine today (also blue). Loving it, although at first it felt rather weird having to press a button instead of turning the pages.

07-24-2009, 04:03 AM	#14
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	Shite folks its 5.00pm and it aint nowhere in site,looks like a long long weekend till monday damn damn damn!

07-27-2009, 03:46 AM	#15
gragra Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Device: 505 sony ereader	well thier goes another monday, hope im in a better frame of mind next monday!