PRS-505 So slow that I want to kill myself

[Azhad]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have to disagree with you BIG TIME! I have a 505 and it takes almost no time to bookmark a page. It in no way takes a minute or two to bookmark a page. Even removing a bookmark does not take long at all.

Try putting nearly 2000 books in the reader like I did, and you will have it

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you have used Ebook Library to populate the memory card, the only wait is when you insert the memory card as the reader has to scan for all the content.

I used the Ebook library to populate the reader.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

When you plug the 505 into the USB port and then unplug it, you do have to wait maybe a minute for the 505 to be ready to go. That's not a big deal. in NO WAY is it 30 minutes or even close.

I'm sorry there is so much misinformation being spread here.

Next time read the whole thread before making assumption, I'm talking about excruciating wait when you put too many book in the reader, maybe 1000+, or as Sony stated "All your library"

[allen.gotwald]

I've noticed that the larger the file, the longer it takes to come up but once up it moves fairly well. If you've loaded your Sony to the max you're going to have problems if you're not using the ac adapter and charging it, instead, off your computer. The device thinks you've loaded new material and does a re-boot. The more stuff you have on the device the longer it takes. Once done, however, the time it takes to open a book is strictly dependent on the size. Page turning isn't affected. My average size e-book for my 505 is around 1 MB and I don't keep more than 15 e-books on it at any one time. More than that is clutter. If you've loaded your device to the max because you're going away for some time (like more than a year) then I have to assume you don't have your laptop available which means you have an ac adapter.

Personally, I have no problems with my device. The books that are on it are the ones I'm reading. My library is on my desktop. There are no boot problems, page turn problems or charging problems. No, I don't own the ac adapter.

[allen.gotwald]

Azhad,
If I have the time to read 2 books per week (400 or so pages each) I can then assume I'll read 100 per year (that's a lot for me). 2000 e-books on the device would be 20 years of reading for me. I don't think Sony ever envisioned anyone doing that and didn't allow for it. The extra space is likely for MP3's and picture files. Not sure this helps.

[tompe]

I see a library as your collection of books and not the books you are planning to read all of. I think Sony then used the wrong term if they meant all the books you were going to read.

[Rocketime]

Call me crazy, but I consider my library the books on my computer and the reader as an instrument to read such books. I consider the library as storage and the reader as a loaded device with enough material to last me until such time to re-load from the storage. I really don't have a desire to carry every book I've read and will read in the coming years on the reader. Now that being said, I am simple minded and I usually read one book at a time so maybe that is why I can't grasp the reason to carry so many books on the reader.

[maggotb0y]

Originally Posted by Azhad

Try putting nearly 2000 books in the reader like I did, and you will have it



I used the Ebook library to populate the reader.



Next time read the whole thread before making assumption, I'm talking about excruciating wait when you put too many book in the reader, maybe 1000+, or as Sony stated "All your library"

Fair enough. If you still have 1900 or so ebooks on your device, would you be willing to time the operations and post them to the thread? If you post times as 29 minutes 52 seconds then people (including any Sony techs lurking about) are a lot more likely to take you seriously than if you type 30 minutes.

I'd be very curious what your times are for post-addition processing, post charging processing, page turn and bookmarking.

[dhbailey]

Originally Posted by allen.gotwald

Azhad,
If I have the time to read 2 books per week (400 or so pages each) I can then assume I'll read 100 per year (that's a lot for me). 2000 e-books on the device would be 20 years of reading for me.

That assumes that one is only reading linear books (books meant to be read from start to finish) and also assumes that one reads the same book through from start to finish. Not everybody wants to use the Sony Reader for for just fiction, and not everybody reads the same book straight through until they finish it.

For instance, the Reader could be an ideal tool for a lawyer, who would be jumping from reference work to reference work constantly, checking citations and precedents as well as reading weekly newsletters, etc.

Similarly, doctors/nurses could use the Reader for things like the PDR and other reference works.

I can see lots of potential for holding a library of 2000 or even 10,000 books for reference, not for straight-through reading. And it is Sony's lack of ability to envision this sort of usage which will forever keep this sort of device in the hands of hobbyists and geekfreak types who love electronic gadgets (like me!) and will keep it on the fringe.

With a bit more insight, a more useful interface for actively navigating through works in a non-linear fashion, useful links in book indices to allow easy, quick jumping around, this device could become something EVERY professional in EVERY field could make wonderful use of -- smaller than a notebook, easy to keep with you wherever you are, having complete libraries of reference works in a single lightweight device.

What Sony should have called it is the "Sony Linear-Book Reader for those who don't jump around within books or between books very often" and then they would have no problem with the truth in labelling commission.

There's more than one type of book, more than one type of personal reading style, and any device which a company wants to leap off the shelves into everybody's hand should take that into account.

[sirmaru]

Originally Posted by dhbailey

For instance, the Reader could be an ideal tool for a lawyer, who would be jumping from reference work to reference work constantly, checking citations and precedents as well as reading weekly newsletters, etc.

Similarly, doctors/nurses could use the Reader for things like the PDR and other reference works.

This reader is ONLY good for reading a book page to page. It does turn pages fast enough. However, for Bible Study where one must jump to specific bible chapters and passages, it is way to SLOW. I tried and in the Psalms it just couldn't keep up due to 150 chapters in that Book. A rapid search function would have to be added in the firmware to be able to really excel at this function.

In the NIV Bible jumping to footnotes causes a re-format of the internal disk and requires a re-load of one's books. That may be a bug in the NIV Bible, itself, or the firmware.

Even for reading a 24" LCD HD Monitor is far better. I read my books on my PC using eBook Library and MS Reader. I only use the Sony 505 for occasional reading waiting in offices or other away from home uses. I then sync my reader with my PC for the correct pages on both (one must have the font size equal to do this).

One should only store on the Reader what one is currently reading. Space appears to be required for temporary files to prevent even slower processing.

[Patricia]

How strange. I have no trouble going to footnotes and back again.

[sirmaru]

Originally Posted by Patricia

How strange. I have no trouble going to footnotes and back again.

Patricia,

Was that the New International Version published by Zondervan? Using eBook Library letter footnotes are shown and seem to connect to a DIFFERENT BOOK. On the Sony 505 Reader letter footnotes are shown and connect to nothing. Clicking on them just re-formats the disk.

You may have a different Bible loaded. I am convinced this is a bug in the eBook, itself, AND the firmware reacting to it. There are NO footnotes loaded - only the letters connecting to them on the Reader.

For example, in Matthew 1:11 there is a footnote "a" after the word Jeconiah. Using the Large Font in both the eBook Library and the Sony 505 Reader it is on page 7408 of 9581. In eBook Library it connects to a footnote on page 2597 of 3380 - an apparent DIFFERENT book. That different footnote book apparently exists invisible on eBook Library but is not transferred to or not accessible from the Sony 505 Reader when synchronizing.

That NIV Footnote Book has one footnote on each page and is NOT connected to the NIV Bible, itself. Also, it is not shown as a separate book on my directory. Evidently, the Sony 505 Reader cannot access it at least on my Reader.

Run the same test if you have the same eBook.