Blue over Silver

garygibsonsf · 12-20-2008, 02:12 AM

My (blue) 500 recently died, and it's come to my attention almost every Sony 505 (I figured I might as well upgrade) on Ebay is silver. Same goes for buying it through a UK business (I'm in Taiwan, so I'm thinking of having it sent to a friend's house and getting them to forward it to me here for various reasons including import duty and a UK-based warranty); on the Waterstones, Sony, etc. sites, there's no suggestion you have a colour option that I can see. It's silver, silver, silver all the way. And yet it's obvious if you look at the US sites, it's both colours that are available.

Can anyone in the UK tell me if they actually are selling blue 505's there? Having had a blue model, I think I vastly prefer it because of it's greater contrast to the screen. I'm guessing the vast preference is for the blue, since they cost more on Ebay, and retailers there with multiple units have messages saying they have silver readers, but have run out of the blue.
You should know, by the way, that I'm jonesing bad for my reader. It's true. Life just seems empty and hollow without one of the annoyingly fragile little buggers.

babyd · 12-20-2008, 03:06 AM

No the blue is not yet available here in the UK, you get the silver (anywhere) and now the red (John Lewis only)

igorsk · 12-20-2008, 04:04 PM

The screen contrast of 505 on its own is much better than 500, it doesn't really matter if it's silver, blue or red.

astra · 12-21-2008, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babyd

No the blue is not yet available here in the UK, you get the silver (anywhere) and now the red (John Lewis only)

Didn't know about red option.
Thanks a lot!

babyd · 12-21-2008, 06:47 AM

LOL I bought the silver in Sept and I also have a red one under the tree for me to open Christmas day, can't wait !! Hubby and daughter both said the red was gorgeous, though I love my silver one too.

pilotbob · 12-21-2008, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babyd

LOL I bought the silver in Sept and I also have a red one under the tree for me to open Christmas day, can't wait !!

Boy, Santa just isn't as secretive as he used to be.

BOb

babyd · 12-21-2008, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Boy, Santa just isn't as secretive as he used to be.

BOb

No he isn't, but if I choose the present he knows I'll like it

DickyCheung22 · 12-21-2008, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babyd

LOL I bought the silver in Sept and I also have a red one under the tree for me to open Christmas day, can't wait !! Hubby and daughter both said the red was gorgeous, though I love my silver one too.

LOL, can I help you open it?

garygibsonsf · 12-22-2008, 03:37 AM

May I posit that it's time we found a nickname for the Sony Reader/ebook readers in general to reflect their influence, as in 'crackberry' for the blackberry handhelds?

The best I can think of is 'e-crack', but I'm sure someone could come up with something better. Because I swear, I was jonesing bad, bad after my 500 died a week ago.

I work from home, and my work rate plummeted while I scoured ebay and various websites, before finally, er, cracking, and ordering a blue one from B&H and damn the dwindling finances. I swear I never thought I'd miss the thing so damn much.

Now if I can only find a reliable protective case (like the BookArmor case) that doesn't cost as much to get delivered as it does to buy.

12-20-2008, 02:12 AM	#1
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Blue over Silver My (blue) 500 recently died, and it's come to my attention almost every Sony 505 (I figured I might as well upgrade) on Ebay is silver. Same goes for buying it through a UK business (I'm in Taiwan, so I'm thinking of having it sent to a friend's house and getting them to forward it to me here for various reasons including import duty and a UK-based warranty); on the Waterstones, Sony, etc. sites, there's no suggestion you have a colour option that I can see. It's silver, silver, silver all the way. And yet it's obvious if you look at the US sites, it's both colours that are available. Can anyone in the UK tell me if they actually are selling blue 505's there? Having had a blue model, I think I vastly prefer it because of it's greater contrast to the screen. I'm guessing the vast preference is for the blue, since they cost more on Ebay, and retailers there with multiple units have messages saying they have silver readers, but have run out of the blue. You should know, by the way, that I'm jonesing bad for my reader. It's true. Life just seems empty and hollow without one of the annoyingly fragile little buggers.

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12-20-2008, 03:06 AM	#2
babyd Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1567 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony:505, 600, 350, 650, Kindle 3 & PW, Kobo Mini & Aura HD	No the blue is not yet available here in the UK, you get the silver (anywhere) and now the red (John Lewis only)

12-20-2008, 04:04 PM	#3
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	The screen contrast of 505 on its own is much better than 500, it doesn't really matter if it's silver, blue or red.

12-21-2008, 06:47 AM	#5
babyd Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1567 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony:505, 600, 350, 650, Kindle 3 & PW, Kobo Mini & Aura HD	LOL I bought the silver in Sept and I also have a red one under the tree for me to open Christmas day, can't wait !! Hubby and daughter both said the red was gorgeous, though I love my silver one too.

12-22-2008, 03:37 AM	#9
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	May I posit that it's time we found a nickname for the Sony Reader/ebook readers in general to reflect their influence, as in 'crackberry' for the blackberry handhelds? The best I can think of is 'e-crack', but I'm sure someone could come up with something better. Because I swear, I was jonesing bad, bad after my 500 died a week ago. I work from home, and my work rate plummeted while I scoured ebay and various websites, before finally, er, cracking, and ordering a blue one from B&H and damn the dwindling finances. I swear I never thought I'd miss the thing so damn much. Now if I can only find a reliable protective case (like the BookArmor case) that doesn't cost as much to get delivered as it does to buy.

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