Official Sony PR re PRS-300/600 - Page 12

Sweetpea · 08-07-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

These readers are at $0.72 and $0.75 on the dollar. It would appear that Sony is going to fund it's price war with Amazon at the expense of the rest of the world. Hopefully the pricing in other countries will be more reasonable.

Most likely we Euro countries will pay the same amount as the US. Only replace the $ with a € (so instead of $299, it will be €299, while €1 = $1.40 (more or less...))

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

Now (for August 25, 2009), see Borders has new Sony Readers listed for pre-order. Probably for Canada too, since they will be released in the Netherlands on Aug 26th.

They'll probably be introduced then, release might take a bit longer... But we'll see...

SolRaven · 08-07-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

The silver is brushed so it's not that reflective.

I agree that Sony has the sexiest product design right now. Better even than Apple IMO.

I definitely agree that Sony's sexier than Apple. One of the things that I don't like about the Kindle 2 is that it looks like an apple. The other thing that I didn't like was that it was white which is light reflecting, not absorbing. That's what I meant about the silver being reflective. It's not so much that the silver is reflective like a metal, but reflective because the light color brightens up the surface that it's on and is reflective as a color.

alexisbrion · 08-07-2009, 05:50 AM

I hope they deliver to Europe, I'm not gonna wait until they release it here!

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Originally Posted by Barcey

Yes, end of August in Canada too.

http://www.sony.ca/view/press_816.htm

Wouldn't it be nice if one could fall off of a truck into Verencat's lap for one of the MobileRead meetups.

igorsk · 08-07-2009, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pjssilva

One of the main advantages of the 600 reader, at least for me, is that it supports annotations. However, I would like to be able to own my annotations. By owning I mean being able to retrieve the annotations and see then in different readers or, at least, in some general purpose software.
I understand that you can see the annotations in Sony's desktop software. But does it have some kind of export feature?

From the PR:

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The Reader Touch Edition features a responsive, menu-driven six-inch touch screen panel that enables quick, intuitive navigation, page turning, highlighting and note taking with the swipe of a finger or by using the included stylus pen. Users can take handwritten notes with the stylus pen or type with the virtual keyboard. All notes can be exported and printed out for easy reference.

oncdoc · 08-07-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by SolRaven

I definitely agree that Sony's sexier than Apple. One of the things that I don't like about the Kindle 2 is that it looks like an apple. The other thing that I didn't like was that it was white which is light reflecting, not absorbing. That's what I meant about the silver being reflective. It's not so much that the silver is reflective like a metal, but reflective because the light color brightens up the surface that it's on and is reflective as a color.

ok so for the prs 600 in ur opionion what is the best color for decrease glare and reflection. red?

JSWolf · 08-07-2009, 08:59 AM

I've seen the red 505 and it is nice. The hi-res photos I've seen of the black 600 do look nice. It's a tough choice between the red and the black. As for decreased glare and reflection, the red or the black would be fine as neither increase them.

pilotbob · 08-07-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SolRaven

One of the things that I don't like about the Kindle 2 is that it looks like an apple.

Really? I don't see a resemblance.

BOb

pjssilva · 08-07-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

From the PR:

The Reader Touch Edition features a responsive, menu-driven six-inch touch screen panel that enables quick, intuitive navigation, page turning, highlighting and note taking with the swipe of a finger or by using the included stylus pen. Users can take handwritten notes with the stylus pen or type with the virtual keyboard. All notes can be exported and printed out for easy reference.

My question is what "exported" really means. Does it mean that you can "export" the annotations from of the reader to Sony's desktop software but It can only been seen and printed using that software? If this is the case, it is not good enough for me.

If, on the other hand, it means that it can be exported to a regular PDF or some other neutral format then it is good enough to me.

So, owners of a PRS-700 (which already have annotations), what does "export" really means in this case?

wallcraft · 08-07-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by pjssilva

So, owners of a PRS-700 (which already have annotations), what does "export" really means in this case?

So far as I know, the "printed out" capability is new on the PRS-600 (as is the hand written notes). Presumably the printing will also work from the PRS-700. I assume the exporting/printing will require Sony's desktop app (Windows or Mac), but since printing could go to a virtual PDF printer this might be enough unless you are running Linux.

Probably there will be non-Sony solutions too, perhaps Calibre will add annotation support for example.

mtravellerh · 08-07-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pjssilva

If, on the other hand, it means that it can be exported to a regular PDF or some other neutral format then it is good enough to me.

PDF is not (repeat: NOT) a neutral format!

pjssilva · 08-07-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

So far as I know, the "printed out" capability is new on the PRS-600 (as is the hand written notes). Presumably the printing will also work from the PRS-700. I assume the exporting/printing will require Sony's desktop app (Windows or Mac), but since printing could go to a virtual PDF printer this might be enough unless you are running Linux.

Yes, I usually use Linux... That is a problem if everything depends too much on Sony's software. Anyhow, you remembered me that if you can print you can create a PDF out of it. Hence, my notes are not locked in the device, I can always boot into windows (or use a windows in a virtual machine) and export to PDF. Thanks! That's an obvious solution that is close to good enough to me.

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Probably there will be non-Sony solutions too, perhaps Calibre will add annotation support for example.

That would be awesome!

Well, now, Sony's reader is becoming very interesting to me. I have a sister in law that is coming to Brazil (where I live) from Canada to visit us. I am starting to seriously think about asking her to bring a PRS-600 to me.

Let us see what are the first reports on the screen quality.

pjssilva · 08-07-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mtravellerh

PDF is not (repeat: NOT) a neutral format!

PDF is an open standard. Anyone can implement a reader or a writer to it and there are in fact many implementations. You can read PDF in basically anything that has a screen and a general processor (even my old Palm TX can read PDF). Yes it was created by ADOBE, but is very open.

Maybe I made a poor choice of words. Instead of using the adjective "neutral", I should use "open". What I didn't want was to end with my annotations locked up in a file format that can only be opened by a single vendor's software.

igorsk · 08-07-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pjssilva

So, owners of a PRS-700 (which already have annotations), what does "export" really means in this case?

Current version of eBook Library does not export notes, I assume it will be a 3.0 feature.

SolRaven · 08-07-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by oncdoc

ok so for the prs 600 in ur opionion what is the best color for decrease glare and reflection. red?

Actually I was thinking sunny yellow, but they aren't offering that color, so what do you think would be a non-reflective color? In your most humble opinion, of course.

SolRaven · 08-07-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Really? I don't see a resemblance.

BOb

You're silly, Bob.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,479 Karma: 145863170 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've seen the red 505 and it is nice. The hi-res photos I've seen of the black 600 do look nice. It's a tough choice between the red and the black. As for decreased glare and reflection, the red or the black would be fine as neither increase them.