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View Poll Results: How do you now feel about your Sony Reader? | |||
Love it even more than when I bought it! | 48 | 44.86% | |
Just as great as the day I got it! | 33 | 30.84% | |
Like it and I use it a lot! | 17 | 15.89% | |
It's nice, but I don't use it much anymore | 5 | 4.67% | |
Stupid device. I wish I'd never bought it. | 4 | 3.74% | |
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02-20-2007, 03:56 PM | #61 | |
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Thanks to the good people at MobileRead I knew before I bought the Sony Reader that the PDF support for letter/A4 files was a joke and I bought one anyway. The assistance of the members here have made the format conversion learning process painless. It will only get better. |
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02-20-2007, 04:37 PM | #62 |
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The first month, I used my Reader extensively. Since about late Jan I've gone back to reading mostly on my Garmin iQue (Palm device). I'm sure I'll use the Reader as well in the future.
My reasons: 1) I've been traveling and the Garmin (think Palm T5 if you're not familiar with the Garmin) and its easier to slip into a pocket when you are just walking around. 2) I've been in some low light situations and the Garmin has a backlit screen. I have not been happy with any of the clip on lights I've tried with the Reader -- they work, but they add enough inconvenience to make me use the Garmin in these situations. If a "light wedge" was available that would remove this complaint! 3) Content -- eReader.com occasionally has "bundles" where they will package 5-10 books in a series with a good price. I've bought a couple of these recently so that forces me to use the Garmin. 4) Store -- I *hate* the Sony Connect store. I find it difficult to use unless you know exactly what you are looking for. I haven't done a scientific analysis, but I have the impression the prices are higher there than others (e.g. eReader.com) -- but I could be wrong on this. I am not unhappy I bought the Reader and it will use it in the future. Lack of a good light solution is probably the biggest reason I've not used it so much recently. Last edited by TheMadBrewer; 02-21-2007 at 11:20 AM. |
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02-21-2007, 11:16 AM | #63 |
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[QUOTE=HarryT]My last reader was a Bookeen "CyBook". That didn't have any proprietory format - instead it came with a number of book reading programs on it and you just used the one you wanted. It supported virtually everything except Microsoft Reader "Lit" files.
Don't you find the T5's screen to be rather on the small side? Well, the T5 has a high res screen- readable. Much more so than the cheap Palms, on which reading is difficult. Come to think of it, the HieBook had an open format. I still have one, but never used it much because the screen was crappy. And it looks like the company went out of business before the HieBook Mk. 2 was designed. |
02-27-2007, 07:25 AM | #64 | |
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I'd say that the supplied, wipe-clean cover is more practical. Also I'm not too happy about the connector on the back of the unit -- it's so strong that you don't want to be fitting and unfitting cases any more than you have to. I'd also agree with the other commenters here about the page-turn buttons. A rocker switch on each vertical edge, somewhere about 2/3 the way up, would have suited me better. |
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02-27-2007, 08:25 AM | #65 |
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I keep getting an urge to sew a bookcover for the original cover. Remember the book covers we would make in school with brown paper bags? Well something could be sewn and made to slip over the existing. I just hate sewing so much. But the thought is stuck in my head if I could find a nice material with substance as in something quilted. Could have a designer look <G>
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02-27-2007, 11:36 AM | #66 |
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I say go for it, Karen.
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02-27-2007, 11:40 AM | #67 |
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I just may if when I am in a store I see a fabric that I think would work. It sure wouldn't take much time to sew that is for sure...
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02-27-2007, 11:42 AM | #68 |
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With a machine, no it wouldn't, but if I tried it, it'd have to be by hand, and I'm not very good at hand stitching for much beyond buttons, so for me, it'd take a month of Sundays, and be really ugly to boot.
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02-27-2007, 11:44 AM | #69 |
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You know you can buy this stuff that you iron on and it's like stitching, ha ha, put it in the seam, iron and there you go <BEG>
Now remember, if I made this it's not a cover for the reader but a cover for the cover LOL...... |
02-27-2007, 11:47 AM | #70 |
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I am satisfied with the original cover, except one thing. If I want to travel with it, it doesn't protect screen as much as I would like it to do. No hard front cover. Maybe I am going to buy eMotion Executive Jacket for Sony Reader for traveling. I heard it has a plastic insert in the front cover.
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02-27-2007, 12:35 PM | #71 |
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The standard leather case has a pretty tough insert inside the front and back covers. I'd imagine that would be reasonably effective in protecting the Reader from knocks - more so than the vinyl cover, certainly.
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