Very Old eReader still working?

[ZodWallop]

Well, I wasted $3. I found an old mini-USB cord around the house. I found out the PRS-505 is updated to the last firmware already. It was just full of the original format books.

[GA Russell]

My first reader was the new jetBook Lite, which I bought in 2009.

It still works fine, and I still use it from time to time.

[kyteflyer]

I don’t remember when I bought my PRS-650, but it still holds a charge longer than either my Kindle PW3 or Kobo Glo HD.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcentros

It looks like the firmware on the PRS-500 was just slightly too old to support ePub (it does support Adobe DRM PDF). Firmware version 2.0.00 1425 1 (c) 2006-2009.) When I load an ePub on it, it just doesn't show up in the Menu.

The 500 had to be sent in to Sony to bet upgraded to support ePub. I think Sony had to open it and do something to the 500 to get ePub support. But I have to congratulate Sony for doing it. Amazon should have done the same thing with KF8 on all their older Kindles.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The 500 had to be sent in to Sony to bet upgraded to support ePub. I think Sony had to open it and do something to the 500 to get ePub support. But I have to congratulate Sony for doing it. Amazon should have done the same thing with KF8 on all their older Kindles.

My PRS-500 worked fine with ePub. You just needed to upgrade the firmware, something that required using their program to do. Yea, I know what Wiki says, but I sure as heck never sent my PRS-500 in for anything.

[Greg Anos]

I have an AZTAK EZReader (6 inch) than still works fine. It's on its third battery.

It was designed to use an easily accessible, user replaceable battery.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

I have no idea why I bought two Kobo Wifi (N647) from shopgoodwill some time ago. They worked for a while then the D-pad for one crumbled. I set a picture as a background and it worked for a while until the battery died. The other one did some update and found out the fix was flash the sd card. . . didn't want to spend money on a card reader so I took out the memory card and put it in another device. Since then started giving away my old ereaders so other people may get some use of it. .

My old Sony's ereaders are still going strong. . .

[Mikou]

My Sony PRS-650 is over 9 years old and still works perfectly. If it a front light, I would still probably be using it.

[Jack Torrance]

My Kindle DX turned 6 back in march. Still almost perfect

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by shootingMaNs

I also found my Zune from 2006. Works perfectly!

Just one?

(A misleading picture, as the 8GB and HD no longer hold a charge more than a few minutes. Battery replacement requires soldering.)

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by jj2me

Just one?

(A misleading picture, as the 8GB and HD no longer hold a charge more than a few minutes. Battery replacement requires soldering.)

I kinda wish I'd gotten a Zune. I use an old Microsoft Lumia 735(?) as an MP3 player.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I kinda wish I'd gotten a Zune. I use an old Microsoft Lumia 735(?) as an MP3 player.

I still have my Zune. It was hands down better than an iPod. It was much easier to add music to my Zune. It would automatically check my music folder and add anything new. My iPod required me to manually choose new music files or folders before I could add them.
Right now I mainly use my Onkyo DPS-X1A. I like it because it has 64 GB of onboard storage and will hold two micro SD cards with up to 256 GB each. I have music on one card and Audio books on the other. It also has Wi-Fi and I can play music from Amazon, Sirius/XM and other services.
Apache

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Apache

I still have my Zune. It was hands down better than an iPod. It was much easier to add music to my Zune. It would automatically check my music folder and add anything new. My iPod required me to manually choose new music files or folders before I could add them.

Yeah, iTunes and the iPod alone showed me that Apple and I just don't see eye-to-eye.

Right now I mainly use my Onkyo DPS-X1A. I like it because it has 64 GB of onboard storage and will hold two micro SD cards with up to 256 GB each. I have music on one card and Audio books on the other. It also has Wi-Fi and I can play music from Amazon, Sirius/XM and other services.
Apache

My current phone is good enough for me and better than most MP3 players will ever be. But I always wanted to mess around with Windows Phone, so I bought the old Lumia.

It's a shame Microsoft didn't take phones seriously until it was too late. My better half had an early smart phone with Windows Mobile on it and it was atrocious. But Windows Phone is great.

For now, the Lumia's loaded with old radio shows. I just ordered a larger SD card that I can add all my music to, and I'll do it, but really my Pixel will see far more use.

[Phogg]

My Aztak EZ Reader still works.

[drofgnal]

I recently dropped a kindle keyboard (version 2 I think) into a bin at a thrift store. It still worked ok, but didn't hold much of a charge. Somebody maybe will pick it up for a few bucks and have the battery replaced.