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I'm very interested in the battery life of the 700!!
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Were they really for sale, or was the salesman just talking through his hat? I find it odd that buying one through the SonyStyle web-site it won't be available until Nov. 14 when you've got them in a local store!
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The salesman said they were for sale. But he may have well been talking through his hat. I'll try to get back there today and confirm one way or the other.
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I probably should have bought the damn thing on the spot. Oh well, at least you can go look at the thing. If I get a chance, I'll drop by Target and see if they have them on display. |
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I'll have to go to my local SonyStyle store to see if they have a 700 on display. I'm interested to see one. Have to stock up my SD card.
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I visited the Sony Style store in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The 700 was on display with either two 505s or a 500 and a 505 (I admit I didn't look closely at all 3). I had the chance to check out the new device... it feels good and looks better than the 500 series, and the page-turn, either by "finger-swipe" or button, is noticeably faster on the 700 than the 500s. The backlight wasn't bad. Even my wife thought it was a pretty good piece of work.
When I asked about purchasing, the salesgirl told me that the 700 could be preordered, at the store or online, for a "sometime in November" release, so it is not available to take home yet. (I declined.) Quote:
So you can't get straight answers from salespeople... and you can't even get straight answers on if the store is really there. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 10-20-2008 at 09:32 AM. Reason: Hat-talking |
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I just received the Borders Shortlist they send out. The Sony PRS 700 is advertised at the bottom of the list. When you click for more info and it sends you to their website, it says that you can pre-order it, but that the release date isn't until December 2nd.
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I went to the Sony store
Pictures and my notes will be up in a short while.
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Maybe a salesperson that gets his products a couple of days later, and is slow in processing them; or maybe some people are on holidays over there?
It is a possibility! Sony's website states: Pre-sale item available on or about 11/14/2008 (friday). give or take they start procesing the orders on monday 20th arrives in store by thursday 23 gets processed and by friday 24 to monday 27 are send to the customer. arrive @ customer wed 29. Things should be bout like that. Last edited by ProDigit; 10-21-2008 at 01:40 PM. |
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I have pre-ordered the reader from the website. I got an email a couple of days ago that my order is not expected to ship until Nov 18th. It still shows when you look on the website that its the 14th. I hope its not delayed until December!
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