Sony Reader -- Ask your questions to the Sony team - Page 3

deadite66 · 08-05-2006, 09:27 AM

well all replies will have DRM and will autodelete before you get to finish reading them :P

Bob Russell · 08-05-2006, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Snappy!

Hmmm ... It's been a week since the start of the thread ... and still no replies. Hope they answer the questions promptly and not let them pile up.

Actually, the idea was to let them pile up. Alex has compiled them and sent them forward a few days ago. Over at Sony, they are most certainly a very busy product team right now, and our questions may even take some thinking to answer (they probably want to give good info, but will have to balance with some corporate discretion, just like any company with a major initiative not yet released.) Like many of us, I'm very excited to think about hearing back from them soon. It's always hard to wait!

Alexander Turcic · 08-05-2006, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Snappy!

Hmmm ... It's been a week since the start of the thread ... and still no replies. Hope they answer the questions promptly and not let them pile up.

That's OK. The idea was to collect all important questions and then forward them to Sony -- which they received three days ago. The question catalogue isn't trivial, so I'd give them a bit more time

Once they answered all or most questions, they will get back in contact with us and we'll post them here. Promised!

yvanleterrible · 08-05-2006, 12:37 PM

I still find it funny that Sony would listen to someone. I can't let go of that thought.
Must be some overzealous young exec like those former Apple evangelists.

TadW · 08-05-2006, 01:43 PM

Everyone deserves a second chance, right?

bingle · 08-05-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CCDMan

I seriously hope these are honest answers to these honest questions and not
the all-too-common-these-days marketing department BS.
They should realize that superficial answers will not play well with this crowd.....

We shall see......

Well, Mark Frauenfelder over at BoingBoing got the same opportunity, and from his posting it seemed that it was not Sony per se answering the questions, but Sony's PR firm - or, at least, the QA session was coordinated by the PR firm. They may pass some on to the technical people, and some may be answered by marketing, or they could just spin a web of lies ;-) I think something in between total honesty and PR spin is what we'll see - I hope so, anyway.

NatCh · 08-05-2006, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bingle

Well, Mark Frauenfelder over at BoingBoing got the same opportunity, and from his posting it seemed that it was not Sony per se answering the questions, but Sony's PR firm - or, at least, the QA session was coordinated by the PR firm.

Oh, it's definitely being coordinated via Sony's PR firm -- they hit Make's forums as well (as BoingBoing and here) and if I remember correctly, their notice was pretty clear on that, and this is clearly more of a PR function than engineering/marketing function anyway.

Keep in mind that Sony is a big company (which means they often don't do things what we might call 'quickly'), and the PR firm (not actually part of Sony) is coordinating the questions. Then it'll probably have to go through Marketing, Techies and (the biggest slow-down of all) Corporate HQ in Tokyo. After that, back to the PR guys, for further folding, spindling and mutilating, then it'll come back here. So I counsel patience -- maybe a "Sony Reader" Meditation Thread is in order?

I'm confident that they'll send the same set of answers to all three forums, so the BoingBoing and Make folks will get better answers than they knew to ask for (due to MobileReader questions being better informed and more considered).

On the other hand, does anyone really think they'd ask for questions and not monitor the forum(s) to see what comes in? I'd expect them to maybe be further along on answering them than we might expect. Of course that also means they might not answer exactly what Alexander sent them....

Anyway, my point is that they're still a big company, which means they move slowly, so patience is in order. Alexander said they told him "a few days" ("few" is such a subjective term), personally, I wouldn't look for anything before the middle of next week, which would still be pretty quick turn-around.

I do want to say that I've been a bit (pleasantly) surprised to see such a general attitude of patience on this forum so far -- very good form, y'all! Hat's off!

I really shouldn't be surprised, I suppose, I've been around the forum long enough to see that this is a bunch of folks who (occasional, understandable moments of extreme frustration aside) generally conduct themselves in quite a mature, thoughtful manner. I suppose that's one of the reasons I've continued to hang around. :rolleyes2

Kosst Amojan · 08-05-2006, 11:55 PM

Can you post up the list of questions ya'll did submit to Sony?

segatang · 08-06-2006, 01:41 AM

How fast does Sony Reader open a native PDF and page it? >1 sec or <1 sec?
Will Sony Reader support PDF/BBeB with Asian fonts, such as Japanese,
tranditional/simplified Chinese...?

Will Sony Reade compatible to contents of Librie?
Can user edit the TOC into the books printed by virtual printer (such as Printer for Librie)?
Will Sony Reader provide free BBeB converter program to user?
Will the program provide table of content edition function?

What will the Connect service be?

Alexander Turcic · 08-06-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bingle

Well, Mark Frauenfelder over at BoingBoing got the same opportunity, and from his posting it seemed that it was not Sony per se answering the questions, but Sony's PR firm - or, at least, the QA session was coordinated by the PR firm. They may pass some on to the technical people, and some may be answered by marketing, or they could just spin a web of lies ;-) I think something in between total honesty and PR spin is what we'll see - I hope so, anyway.

According to their PR guy I have been in contact with, he'll forward our questions to a product manager from the Sony Reader team.

Alexander Turcic · 08-06-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan

Can you post up the list of questions ya'll did submit to Sony?

I'll post them next week when we hopefully get the answers to them. Almost all questions were taken from this thread.

ecmartinjr · 10-16-2007, 01:48 PM

Hi: Where were the answers posted? I don't see them and a lot of time has passed. Ed

NatCh · 10-16-2007, 02:36 PM

Heh, they were in a separate thread, ecmartinjr. But you can find them more easily in the wiki: here.

Note that they apply to the PRS500, many things have changed on the PRS505.

jerryn · 08-16-2008, 11:43 AM

How about a dictionary. If you can highlight a word and look up the definition that would be cool.

astra · 08-16-2008, 11:47 AM

If they implement dictionary, I will have to ignore my former preaching about never buying DRMed LRF files and buy one...

08-06-2006, 01:41 AM	#39
segatang Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 81 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taiwan Device: Kolin i-library	How fast does Sony Reader open a native PDF and page it? >1 sec or <1 sec? Will Sony Reader support PDF/BBeB with Asian fonts, such as Japanese, tranditional/simplified Chinese...? Will Sony Reade compatible to contents of Librie? Can user edit the TOC into the books printed by virtual printer (such as Printer for Librie)? Will Sony Reader provide free BBeB converter program to user? Will the program provide table of content edition function? What will the Connect service be? Last edited by segatang; 08-06-2006 at 02:27 AM.

10-16-2007, 01:48 PM	#42
ecmartinjr Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony Reader	Where Are The Answers? Hi: Where were the answers posted? I don't see them and a lot of time has passed. Ed

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08-05-2006, 09:27 AM	#31
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	well all replies will have DRM and will autodelete before you get to finish reading them :P

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yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I still find it funny that Sony would listen to someone. I can't let go of that thought. Must be some overzealous young exec like those former Apple evangelists.

08-05-2006, 01:43 PM	#35
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Everyone deserves a second chance, right?

08-05-2006, 11:55 PM	#38
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Can you post up the list of questions ya'll did submit to Sony?

10-16-2007, 02:36 PM	#43
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Heh, they were in a separate thread, ecmartinjr. But you can find them more easily in the wiki: here. Note that they apply to the PRS500, many things have changed on the PRS505.

08-16-2008, 11:43 AM	#44
jerryn Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: don't own one yet.	How about a dictionary. If you can highlight a word and look up the definition that would be cool.

08-16-2008, 11:47 AM	#45
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	If they implement dictionary, I will have to ignore my former preaching about never buying DRMed LRF files and buy one...

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