Just got my PRS 700...

[Shunt1]

Friday, I will get my PRS-700.

What you and others have written, has made me proud that I ordered a PRS-700 when it was first released.

When you are on the "bleading edge of technology" then you have contributed in making something totally new, a product that everyone will want.

In 1975, I was on the "bleading edge" with the Altair 8800 computer, and the rest is history....

[sarah7700]

Originally Posted by LuluLemon

I got my Sony PRS 700 and I love it...What can I say...you really have to see it for yourself ....

That's exactly how I feel about it. I'm glad you love yours too, at least there is a handful of us on here that do love our 700s

[Andybaby]

Originally Posted by astra

I believe that bulit-in light is the culprit.
That's why so many of us were opposed to the idea, because we prefer external light, which doesn't affect the battery. Just for the sake of a test, try to use the reader without built-in light and measure time between full re-chargings.

the Light does kill the battery, i think their 8 hours is a joke,

but 5 hours of light should be about right

[dhbailey]

And the notion that using an external light is preferable to the built-in light is simply moving the recharge (or replace) of batteries for the external light to a different schedule but using external lights doesn't remove that requirement unless one only uses plug-in lights, which sort of negates the full portability of the reader.

I moved to the 700 in part so that I would be free of the necessity to read only in well-lit situations or carry around the extra weight and requisite spare batteries of an external book light. And the balance change from attaching an external light was something that always bothered me with my 500.

I haven't been in a situation where I have had to read for such a long period in the dark, but I don't mind bringing along the PSP charger since I also own a PSP.

[sarah7700]

Originally Posted by dhbailey

And the notion that using an external light is preferable to the built-in light is simply moving the recharge (or replace) of batteries for the external light to a different schedule but using external lights doesn't remove that requirement unless one only uses plug-in lights, which sort of negates the full portability of the reader.

I moved to the 700 in part so that I would be free of the necessity to read only in well-lit situations or carry around the extra weight and requisite spare batteries of an external book light. And the balance change from attaching an external light was something that always bothered me with my 500.

I haven't been in a situation where I have had to read for such a long period in the dark, but I don't mind bringing along the PSP charger since I also own a PSP.

So the PSP charger does work with the 700? I'm thinking of picking one up sometime for mine.

[astra]

Originally Posted by dhbailey

And the notion that using an external light is preferable to the built-in light is simply moving the recharge (or replace) of batteries for the external light to a different schedule but using external lights doesn't remove that requirement unless one only

Not really.

First of all, when you read any book you need light. So, for ebook reader you just need no more and no less light than for regular pbook.
If you have external portable light it doesn't draw on reader's battery. Huge difference.
Second, some of external portable lights work with standard AA/AAA batteries. You don't need to recharge them. Just drop a pack of 12 in traveling bag. I always have a bunch for my external flash. Let alone you can buy it virtually anywhere.

I don't mind unexpectedly get stuck in airport or having a 10h flight without sufficient supply of AAs for my verilux, but it would drive me nuts to run out of battery on my reader under the same circumstances. Or read a book and check the battery every hour worrying that it is going to end any time.
Long battery life is one of features that distinguishes Sony Reader from other eInk readers. All other readers have shorter battery life. (Although 505 is not as good as 500, when I bought 500 it required recharging every 3 weeks, when I bought 505 it required recharging every 2 weeks.)

[guicervo]

Hello everyone...

This is my first post in this forum, although I have been reading this forum for quite a good time, and I have a question for you guys.

I just traded my PRS-505 for the new PRS-700. My old one had a problem with the display (the same one some of you had - only half of the display was turning on). I took it back to the Sony Store and after a few days they gave me back a brand new reader. Luckly, on the same day they just got the PRS-700 so I was able to trade my old one for the new one.

I quite like the PRS-700 I should say. It is much faster than the 505, the UI is much nicer and I like the backlight. I just think that those used to the 505 will think there is too much glare. It doesn't bother me but there is definitely more reflection.

What I wanted to know is, when I had the prs-505, I used to map the font so I could read Chinese documents. Now with the 700 I can't map it anymore. I remember that with the 505 all I needed to do was copy 3 font files plus another one to the internal memory and then run the script with a SD/MMS card. I tried the same thing with the 700 but as there are no more buttons on the side of the reader I can't press the number 1 to activate it. I know I can read Chinese when using PDF but it is much better if I can use .txt so I can change the size of the font...

Does anybody know if there is a script to map the font for the 700? Or does anybody know how to get around it using the same thing as for the 505?

I appreciate your help.
Thx

[Server]

sounds to me that you will need to wait for a firmware update to handle
the mapping. Unless I am wrong, and someone else has figured out a way,
I would call sony and verify for sure.

[anthjoal]

Hi Hi....

I've had my 700 for two weeks now. I was almost put off by reading the reports about the screen and glare. However, because of the new touch screen and what it offered, decided to go ahead and get it. Glad I did.

The 505 is primitive compared to the 700. Sure, the screen is a little better, but the trade off with the touchscreen features are More than worth it. The features are very well designed making navigation and use of the Reader so very very pleasant. The 5 different font sizes are helpful. And the letters are sharp enough. The reader handles pdf's very well, too. I import Word docs into it, too....then I can study my notes.

And for me, the features of the 700 are vital. I teach A Course in Miracles. It's about 1000 pages long. It just came out in Ebook reader format.....so loaded it up onto the 700. Amazing! I'm now able to search through the book at ease. I can enter a word, phrase or page and presto--there I am. And yes the zoom feature is great. Also you can double tap on any word, hit the search feature and immeadiately it finds that word anywhere in the book.

Also, by tapping on the bottom of the screen where the page number area is....a nav bar comes up allowing for quick forward or backward nav.

I'm addicted to reading again! I have heard that soon we'll be able to go to our local libraries, their online site and "borrow" books, check them out, to our readers. We're going to save a lot of trees. Soon students will be using the readers in place of text books. The future is here now!

Finally, I use the note section to highlight and write definitions of words --just great. And then to see our notes....we just tap on the word that was highlighted, or go to the notes section and read all the notes we've written. This machine Will be very popular with readers, it's positive design features, far outweigh loss of some screen contrast. I find the glare tolerable, and usually moving / tilting the screen to a different angle will do the trick.

Lastly, the battery life isnt as good as advertised....but, that's usually the case with products. It's good enough. I charged fully on Thanksgiving, had the fonts set to XL and many page turns later, I read constantly for two days....at least 6 hrs, maybe 8 hours.....well now it's Sunday and I'm down to one bar...not bad.

The Reader needs to have a built in dictionary. It seems unconscionable, to me, to have a reading device with a lovely search feature, and NOT to have a built in dictionary.

From Kauai,

Tony

[Server]

Originally Posted by anthjoal

Hi Hi....The Reader needs to have a built in dictionary. It seems unconscionable, to me, to have a reading device with a lovely search feature, and NOT to have a built in dictionary....

From Kauai,

Tony

Yes I agree, dictionary would be nice but for now eBook dictionary will
suffice.

[ddavtian]

Originally Posted by guicervo

Hello everyone...

What I wanted to know is, when I had the prs-505, I used to map the font so I could read Chinese documents. Now with the 700 I can't map it anymore. I remember that with the 505 all I needed to do was copy 3 font files plus another one to the internal memory and then run the script with a SD/MMS card. I tried the same thing with the 700 but as there are no more buttons on the side of the reader I can't press the number 1 to activate it. I know I can read Chinese when using PDF but it is much better if I can use .txt so I can change the size of the font...

Does anybody know if there is a script to map the font for the 700? Or does anybody know how to get around it using the same thing as for the 505?

I appreciate your help.
Thx

There is already such a script for Russian fonts, I have them on my 700. I'm sure more generic script will be available soon.

[anthjoal]

What is the the Ebook Dictionary? Where can I get it? And my wife is Japanese. I wonder if the 700 reader would read Japanese fonts...or what would I need to do to make it read Japanese fonts? Thanks, Tony

[guicervo]

Originally Posted by Server

sounds to me that you will need to wait for a firmware update to handle
the mapping. Unless I am wrong, and someone else has figured out a way,
I would call sony and verify for sure.

I think so too. It's too bad though because the script for the 505 works but I can't figure out how to run it.

[guicervo]

Originally Posted by ddavtian

There is already such a script for Russian fonts, I have them on my 700. I'm sure more generic script will be available soon.

where did you get it from?

I found it on http://reader-sony.ru/ but I can't read Russian and don't know where to download it from...