What's Sony's next ereader?

[Kolenka]

Originally Posted by kennyc

The back is plastic on the 900, the metal is really just a frame around the display.

Inside the plastic, there's more metal to the frame. But the end result is the same: the casing weighs more than the guts. Making it bigger will require more plastic or more weight.

[AlpGlide]

Originally Posted by kennyc

The back is plastic on the 900, the metal is really just a frame around the display.

I believe the back has to be plastic, because of wireless

[BrianH66]

Originally Posted by AlpGlide

I believe the back has to be plastic, because of wireless

Yep metal would interfere with the wireless.

[Ben Thornton]

The 900 is almost exactly the size of a paperback. For me, it would be less natural to be an inch wider - it would feel less like reading a "normal" book, because the screen would look almost square.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Ben Thornton

The 900 is almost exactly the size of a paperback. For me, it would be less natural to be an inch wider - it would feel less like reading a "normal" book, because the screen would look almost square.

Like a hardback, but not as thick!

[the_callant]

Originally Posted by AlpGlide

I believe 12 hours between chargers is OK for an ereader.

Flight times to far east from Uk are 13 - 15 hours, add on waiting time at teh airport and 12 hours does not cut it.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by the_callant

Flight times to far east from Uk are 13 - 15 hours, add on waiting time at teh airport and 12 hours does not cut it.

So you are going to have it on and reading that entire time?

[AlpGlide]

Originally Posted by the_callant

Flight times to far east from Uk are 13 - 15 hours, add on waiting time at teh airport and 12 hours does not cut it.

You need 24 hours reading time between charges.

[Xenophon]

Originally Posted by kennyc

So you are going to have it on and reading that entire time?

Just add in an overnight stop in a country for which you don't have the correct power adapter, and you've got the necessary case. For example, on my recent trip to India, I wound up spending the night at a hotel near Charles de Gaul airport because I missed my connecting flight. Thus, I got to Bangalore 48 hours after leaving Pittsburgh (instead of the scheduled 24).

I had US power adapters with me. I had both styles of Indian plug adapters. But I didn't have anything I could use to plug in at the hotel in France! So, by the time I got to Bangalore I'd completely run through the charge on my PRS-700. That represents about two solid days of reading (12 hours or more, each), or 6 long-ish novels. A device that only goes 12 hours between charges would have run out long before.

Shorter battery life really would be a problem. For me, anyway.

Xenophon

[Ham Cannon]

I have a PRS-505 and would upgrade to a PRS-600 if it weren't for the reflective and low-contrast screen. If Sony came out with a version of the 600 that had a screen that looked as good as the 505, and had wifi for syncing and better firmware for displaying epub books, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[AlpGlide]

Originally Posted by Xenophon

Just add in an overnight stop in a country for which you don't have the correct power adapter, and you've got the necessary case. For example, on my recent trip to India, I wound up spending the night at a hotel near Charles de Gaul airport because I missed my connecting flight. Thus, I got to Bangalore 48 hours after leaving Pittsburgh (instead of the scheduled 24).

I had US power adapters with me. I had both styles of Indian plug adapters. But I didn't have anything I could use to plug in at the hotel in France! So, by the time I got to Bangalore I'd completely run through the charge on my PRS-700. That represents about two solid days of reading (12 hours or more, each), or 6 long-ish novels. A device that only goes 12 hours between charges would have run out long before.

Shorter battery life really would be a problem. For me, anyway.

Xenophon

Longer battery life if better, of course. Things may happen. sometime, we have to compromise between reading time and other things, like wireless, reactive screen...

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by kennyc

So you are going to have it on and reading that entire time?

I would be, or close to it. I'll happily read 14 hours straight if I've got the leisure time for it, and "stuck on a plane" is time I can't do much else with. (Well. If I spent any time on planes. Which I don't anymore; the "security" has gotten too psychotic. If I need to visit other parts of the US, I'll drive or take a train; if I need to visit Europe, I'll find a boat.)

[the_callant]

Originally Posted by kennyc

So you are going to have it on and reading that entire time?

Pretty much, I find I have seen most of the movies and I cannot sleep on the plane. I used to have a carry bag just with books, now the ereader and 1 book for take-off and landing.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by rmm200

For me it is really a matter of playing the odds. At 12 hours between charges, I would grab my Sony to read in the car, and the battery would be too low to last the trip. At a couple of weeks per charge, my Sony 600 has never failed to be usable on every car trip I have taken.

You get two weeks on a charge with your PRS-600? I get about 7-8 days with mine! Do you shut yours down when you're not using it?

[AlpGlide]

Originally Posted by HarryT

You get two weeks on a charge with your PRS-600? I get about 7-8 days with mine! Do you shut yours down when you're not using it?

turning wireless off when you do not use it may help lot. wireless consumes lots of energy.