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Old 08-13-2018, 07:38 PM   #1
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I received my new used SONY PRS 900 today and I L-O-V-E it! Perfect reading device for me. So much better than that flimsy Kobo which only lasted me 3 years and I was never super impressed with. Yes a 10.3 would be wonderful so I could read my academic journal articles nicely, but oh well not laying out $400.
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That is a very nice reader. If the screen wasn't quite so glarey it'd be better. Love the built in case for it. It's such a good looking solid reader.
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I am so pleased with it! And so easy to change out the battery!! What a bonus! Yes, I love the case too! I have a Sony T1, but it needs a new battery - I think. However, my T1 died a week before vaca, so I had to act quickly and settled for the KOBO. It did the job, but it always felt so flimsy.
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That is a very nice reader. If the screen wasn't quite so glarey it'd be better. Love the built in case for it. It's such a good looking solid reader.
Also one of the few (if not the ONLY) eReader designed for easy battery replacement by the user.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-eBook-...from=R40&rt=nc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE5-L5O94Q4

Well built, solid, eReader.
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I am so pleased with it! And so easy to change out the battery!! What a bonus!
Oops ... sorry for the redundancy. I see you already found out about the replaceable battery.
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Oops ... sorry for the redundancy. I see you already found out about the replaceable battery.
No worries! That is such a major bonus! The device came with e-books already on there. I read from it last night. Loved it!

I'm wondering though, the device has a sim card and connected with the sony ereader store. With that gone now, will I be able to connect using a general browser? For example, to project gutenberg?
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I wasn't able to make the 3g go anywhere on mine. The last Sony software that updates to the Kobo store was only for the T series.
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Yeah, mine isn't connecting either. I think the 950 would though. A little bit of a bummer, but I"m still happy overall. I seldom downloaded books from my other ereaders. It's just faster on my macbook. I should list the kobo in the flea market for parts and be done with it. I wish Sony would have keep just one ereader- the 900 series!

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I can't get the 3G on my 950 to go anywhere either.

I started out with a 600 and just got used to downloading to my computer and transferring to the reader that way so I never have downloaded directly to any of my Sony readers. I have with the Nooks and Kindle but I like having that backup on my computer. I still download everything and put it in Calibre right away and then transfer to whatever Sony I'm reading on currently.
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Yeah, mine isn't connecting either. I think the 950 would though.
No. I don't think there's any 3G service connected to these readers at all. I think that ended when the Sony bookstore went out business and moved their customers to Kobo. So you're not losing any connectivity features using the 900 rather than the 950.
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I can't get the 3G on my 950 to go anywhere either.
Not on mine either. I'm guessing Sony shut down their 3G accounts when they shut down the Sony Reader Store.

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I started out with a 600 and just got used to downloading to my computer and transferring to the reader that way so I never have downloaded directly to any of my Sony readers. I have with the Nooks and Kindle but I like having that backup on my computer. I still download everything and put it in Calibre right away and then transfer to whatever Sony I'm reading on currently.
I like to being able to directly download books from the Kobo Store to my T2.
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I'm okay with it. I really like my 900. I'm going to venture and put a PDF academic journal article on it just to see how the 900 handles it. Although I already know, I like to see the whole page.
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Here I am just a few months later... my PRS 900 slid onto the floor and now there is a I think it's referred to as a ghost part of the page that won't go away.

Tell me, I ruined it , didn't I? (

Can anyone advise me on how to find someone who repairs?
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Here I am just a few months later... my PRS 900 slid onto the floor and now there is a I think it's referred to as a ghost part of the page that won't go away.

Tell me, I ruined it , didn't I? (

Can anyone advise me on how to find someone who repairs?
Sounds like you broke the substrate, unfortunately. I guess it could be a loose ribbon cable, but I'm betting on the substrate. (I hope I lose the bet.)
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