PRS-T1 Thinking about getting PRS-T1

[khalleron]

Originally Posted by anabolina

ITA Tomsem, you can never have enough e-reading devices, right?

So I’ve been longing for a PRS-T1 since November(current main reader is the PRS-950), but was pretty successful in resisting the urge to buy another reader until this weekend. I stopped by Frys and they had the red, black, and white versions in the store for $99. I ended up picking up the white one and so far, I have no buyer’s remorse. (I know talking about buyer’s remorse for an ereader on MobileRead, weird). It’s so much lighter than my 950 and I love the sleek white color and size and the Android functions are so intuitive since I use it on my Nook Color and phone.

My main reason for getting the T1(other than the cheeap price and gadget addiction) is that I wanted to see how well it integrates with Overdrive. I’ve been mostly impressed. While it’s somewhat difficult to find books by subgenre and it doesn’t automatically go to the Dallas Library’s homepage, it does save my information and it probably not more than 4 touches to get to check out a book. I do wish the software on the reader allowed me to return books on the reader rather than having to download the book also to ADE and return the book from there. Oh well, those are minor issues and I’ve been really happy with the functionality of the reader. I’ve read 2 books so far(both epub). One came from the library and the other came from my dropbox (totally awesome btw). I have the latest firmware and the touchscreen works fine and reader is nice and zippy.

Hopefully the T1 will last a good amount of time. I am a bit of a voracious reader and both the silver paint flecked off the page turn buttons on both the 350 and 950 within 6 months of my buying them. The 950 buttons seems to be made of a different material, so I hope it will not show wear so quickly.

Now I’m totally serious, this is the last e-reader I will buy for the next year, promise.

You can return a book from the reader. On the 'Books' page, tap and hold the book's icon. You'll get a pop-up menu (you do have to be connected to wifi).

Enjoy your new T1!

[lmcread]

What is dropbox... It was mentioned a few times in this thread.

[AndrewH]

Dropbox is a file hosting service that allows users to store and share files. The video on their website (dropbox.com) is a great explanation of the service.

They give you 2 gigabytes free, and an additional 250 Mb every time someone uses your referral link (like the link in my signature but please don't feel obliged to use mine). Of course you can pay for more storage, as well.

[khalleron]

Originally Posted by AndrewH

Dropbox is a file hosting service that allows users to store and share files. The video on their website (dropbox.com) is a great explanation of the service.

They give you 2 gigabytes free, and an additional 250 Mb every time someone uses your referral link (like the link in my signature but please don't feel obliged to use mine). Of course you can pay for more storage, as well.

It also allows you to sync files across devices - priceless if you use more than one computer and don't want to have to remember to carry a flash drive at all times.

[apastuszak]

I store all my non-DRMed eBooks on Dropbox in Calibre. Any time I need a book, I go to the dropbox website in the browser, browse to the book, click on it, and it gets added to my device.