New Sony Reader coming?

[lethalox]

I hope the new Reader has an improvement in Software, especially navigation books that you have on device. I have 300 books and PDF's, and finding them is a pain in the arse.

Alex

[nikolaywld]

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[TadW]

Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan

I also know someone who, even though it just sties unused on the shelf, misses and loves his Newton.

One day people will visit the world's most famous museums and stand in awe in front of the Newton displayed there.

[TadW]

What do you guys think... time for a new forum section?

Sony Reader PRS-505

... or so?

[igorsk]

I don't think we need a new forum for each model of each device.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by TadW

What do you guys think... time for a new forum section?

Sony Reader PRS-505

... or so?

No. It's still a Sony Reader.

[Arek_W]

Yep, especially that inside everything is still the same (untill i missed smthg )

[jasonkchapman]

Since the page got pulled, it looks like it should go back in the section designated for unicorns, mermaids, and the Loch Ness monster.

It's interesting to note though: Someone is definitely keeping an eye on MobileRead. That was, what, twenty-four hours?

[TadW]

Originally Posted by igorsk

I don't think we need a new forum for each model of each device.

OK, you're right. As long as the devices don't differ fundamentally, no need for new forums.

Originally Posted by jasonkchapman

It's interesting to note though: Someone is definitely keeping an eye on MobileRead. That was, what, twenty-four hours?

I think it was more like 12-16 hours actually.

[gmanacsa]

The two models are still viewable in the Google Cache: silver and blue.

I noticed that the PRS-500 spec sheet already implies USB2: "USB Port: USB 1.1 or faster port," so this may not be an upgrade on the PRS-505.

I've also been seeing references on the blogs about a faster refresh rate on the display, but I didn't see anything on the ABT spec sheets about that. Has anyone seen anything concrete on this?

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by TadW

I think it was more like 12-16 hours actually.

First reported here: 10:43 AM CDT. First reported removed: 08:22 PM CDT.

If my notoriously bad arithmetic is to be believed, I make it 9 hours 39 minutes from reported up to reported down. Not exactly scientific, but that's a pretty quick change.

And during that time, nobody else much had it, and according to Google the first post was pgt's original announcement here. So I think it's safe to assume that either someone was watching ABT specifically, or someone was watching us specifically (and we've had other reasons in the past to think that that Sony watches us).

Wonder what sort of nasty-grams landed at ABT over this?

[BettyE]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

this is a bad design for reading in bed on your side (something i do a lot), buttons on the left are much easier to use. Also I actually like using the reader with my left hand, keeps my right hand free. For once I wish SONY had stuck to their guns, their engineers sometimes do know better.

I bet most righties got used to holding the Reader a certain, if not ideal, way and it could be tough to get used to the new design.

I'm left-handed and the Reader was one of the few things that actually favored lefties. Now, they had to go and "correct" it.

Betty

[Münchener]

I never understood the real need of adding new models of everything all the time. This never-ending consumption frenzy is harming the humankind. Of course its nice to see new gadgets and technologies, but this feeling i get when i just finished unpacking my new device and it is already superceded by the new model, which is better, faster, nicer, trendier... Everytime it happens I feel like I have just paid the "early adopter" tax, or the "idiot buyer" tax. I don't know, I maybe am just old-fashioned.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Münchener

I never understood the real need of adding new models of everything all the time. This never-ending consumption frenzy is harming the humankind. Of course its nice to see new gadgets and technologies, but this feeling i get when i just finished unpacking my new device and it is already superceded by the new model, which is better, faster, nicer, trendier... Everytime it happens I feel like I have just paid the "early adopter" tax, or the "idiot buyer" tax. I don't know, I maybe am just old-fashioned.

It's inevitable in a field of rapidly evolving technology. It will inevitably slow down when the technology matures, just as has happened with, say, PDAs or laptop computers. At the moment, though, eInk technologies are still very much in their infancy, and we'll inevitably see a whole slew of new devices. The next major step will probably be "unrolling" screens which are estimated to be in production in 2009.

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by Münchener

I never understood the real need of adding new models of everything all the time. This never-ending consumption frenzy is harming the humankind. Of course its nice to see new gadgets and technologies, but this feeling i get when i just finished unpacking my new device and it is already superceded by the new model, which is better, faster, nicer, trendier... Everytime it happens I feel like I have just paid the "early adopter" tax, or the "idiot buyer" tax. I don't know, I maybe am just old-fashioned.

I personally think that a constant steam of new technology isn't moving fast enough. I'm also searching for something that's "better, faster, and nicer". Trendiness really doesn't matter to me. I usually get tired of technology when I notice it to be too slow or unstable. At that point, I'm looking for an upgrade to what I have. The more generations of devices that come out between my inital purchase and the point I'm ready to upgrade, the better.