Got a PRS-950 today

I think BB just doesn't have a clue. I rarely see the same sales staff twice because of their high turnover; at my local store anyway. Last year I had to argue with them for hours and make three trips to the store and multiple phone calls before I finally got a manager I knew from the camera dept. to go in the back storage area and look for the 300s. That is pretty frustating since I'm a Silver Premier Rewardszone customer at BB. This time around I decided to heck with BB and ordered my 350 directly from Sony.

For you folks who were lucky enough to get a 950 over the past few days, I'm happy for you. But I still believe BB was not supposed to sell those yet. I suspect they were earmarked for demo units and you got lucky that your local BB staff was clueless.

It seems like the only things my BB pushes is cellular phone plans, cameras, and TVs. They don't have a clue about anything else, and that includes computers.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Strange, Best Buy website still shows it as Backordered as of Oct 24.:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+R...&skuId=1238487

It also shows "Ship to Store" for availability on all the stores in my area, which means none of them should have it in stock. It wouldn't be the first time that the Bst Buy website was incorrectly showing items out of stock.

Silver is crappy though. I had to get a silver 350 with chrome plated buttons. Definitely not ideal for outside as the case is to darn reflective of sunlight. I was hoping they would release a black one like the 900.

I just did a store lookup and most of the stores nearby have the 950 in stock. So yes, it's here and it's real. BestBuy has the 950.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I just did a store lookup and most of the stores nearby have the 950 in stock. So yes, it's here and it's real. BestBuy has the 950.

You should read the entire thread before replying to old posts! After you read all the posts, then tell me what is and is not available at Best Buy.

[Nexutix]

How is 7" screen against 6" for reading? Any advantages and disadvanntages?

[Kerno]

but why is it only distributed in the USA? are there some functions that doesn't work outside the USA ? ( such as the web browser )

[eriksnoopy]

yeah, anyone know for sure about that? Also curious if it will be strictly US only or somehow available in europe. I know that the 3g would only work in the US, but that's besides the point

[Good Hedgehog]

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[Papi]

yes, apparently the 950 will only be sold in the USA, as was the Daily Edition, because of the 3G connection for which they have a deal only for USA. I guess they could have done it for Europe also, and other countries as well, like Amazon did with the Kindle, but they didn't seem to care. The 950 is not listed on sony.fr. Too bad, but I'll try to get one from the US, because I want the wifi connection (for wikipedia search).

[hel]

Too bad... It is not available here, in Canada. So I stick with 650 )))

[doctj]

Originally Posted by patilsaurabhr

How is 7" screen against 6" for reading? Any advantages and disadvanntages?

Compared to the 6" Kobo, definite advantage with books, but especially with pdfs.

[doctj]

Originally Posted by jswinden

It seems like the only things my BB pushes is cellular phone plans, cameras, and TVs. They don't have a clue about anything else, and that includes computers.

Agreed, that's why I miss Compusa, not fortunate to have Fry's or Microcenter near me. If the 950 was widely available I would purchase it from Borders, the staff there are highly objective and knowledgeable about ereaders.

[tvuongpham]

Very nice.. get a nice cover for it! How is the battery life?

[Mr. Goodbar]

Originally Posted by tvuongpham

Very nice.. get a nice cover for it! How is the battery life?

A little too early to determine battery life, but I have managed a couple hours of reading with no drops in the battery level meter. I'll post again in a few days now that I have all my content transferred over. I must say, this is one sweet device.

Originally Posted by doctj

Agreed, that's why I miss Compusa, not fortunate to have Fry's or Microcenter near me. If the 950 was widely available I would purchase it from Borders, the staff there are highly objective and knowledgeable about ereaders.

No microcenter here either. As a matter of fact I've never heard of them. We've got a rare CompUSA store a couple of miles away, but it is merely a shadow of the CompUSA stores of a decade ago. CompUSA is focusing mainly on online sales. The brick and mortar nearby is as bad as Best Buy. Our Frys is also greatly diminished from a few years ago. I think our terrible economy has turned these stores into little more than giant cellular phone kiosks. None of them stock much variety and none hire a knowledgeable staff.

Our Frys is terrible. It is by far the largest electronics store (in square footage) dwarfing all the rest. But today it has many empty shelves and a large portion of the items that are sold there have been returned or the box has been opened at the store. Pretty risky to buy there these days. Several times I've gotten home with what I thought was a brand new unopened item just to find out it had been opened and portions of the contents were missing.

[Good Hedgehog]

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