So what e-reader do you use now you've given up on Sony?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by FinancialWar

why PRS350 is still going strong. Trying to find a reason to upgrade to the newer back light enabled reader.

You're comparing apples and oranges. Back-lit LCD screens are completely different to eInk devices. I read on both my Kindle Paperwhite and my Apple iPad Mini, but the appearance of the screens is very different. Most people who prefer eInk devices would opt for a front-lit eInk reader, not a back-lit LCD one.

[Plumadona]

Thanks, Helen! Glad to hear you still love your T-3; yours is always an opinion to be taken seriously.

I had thought of getting a T-3 in spite of Sony's abandonment, but with no recourse if something went wrong with it, plus all the talk of Adobe mucking about with their DRM, it all seemed to have too much potential for hassle. I'm sure the vast majority of the T-3s are now and will be perfect for a long time; my husband got a T-1 at the same time that I did and his is still working flawlessly. However, I know my luck - if I got a T-3 it would probably self-destruct once I crossed the border I won't dare look at them when we come up this summer - too much temptation!

Plumadona

[AshenP]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

I plan to keep using my PRS-T1 as long as it works. If/when it stops working, I will see what else is available.

Mine is dying - keeps freezing. Tried factory rest.. .dammit sooo annoyed. I have 'borrowed' my 8 year olds one (we have 3 in the house)

I have a kobo glo on order from ebay, I have no idea if I will like it..

[sharphamster]

Originally Posted by AshenP

Mine is dying - keeps freezing. Tried factory rest.. .dammit sooo annoyed. I have 'borrowed' my 8 year olds one (we have 3 in the house)

I have a kobo glo on order from ebay, I have no idea if I will like it..

I very much liked my Glo, and once I got used to the interface, I loved how tweakable the fonts and layout were. Kobo's Nickle font is one of my favorites. I also liked that I had control over which books showed on the main screen - you can press & hold, and an option to dismiss a cover will pop up.

The Kobo forum here is very helpful - I didn't like the way the page broke around paragraphs and found a Calibre tweak that took care of the problem.

Good luck

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by AshenP

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I have a kobo glo on order from ebay, I have no idea if I will like it..

While there are some annoying things with the Kobo Glo (updating firmware way too often that breaks more than it fixes is my main complaint about it), I think the hardware itself with the front light is one of the best available right now. I just found an older firmware that I liked and that played nice with Calibre and my PC and stick with it never letting it update. Which means wifi is always off, but that's never a problem for me since I always purchase all books through my PC only, I prefer to keep them sorted there, and I sideload all my books to my reader.

Give the Glo a chance and post in the Kobo forum if you run into any problems, or even suggestions on how to better things. I really love the light on the Glo, it's on all the time at a perfect setting for me to read in sunlight or a black room. You can add your own fonts to it as well, but those added fonts won't have all the tweaking options that the Kobo installed fonts will have. There are also some easy edits to make in a config file on the Kobo as well.

[Rizla]

The kobo nickel font is very nice. The glo is nice except you cant turn the light down low enough.

[Ripplinger]

I've noticed that different firmware changes the light output on the Glo quite a bit. My usual setting is at 28% and it's perfect in daylight, even sunlight (it just makes the page appear whiter), and it's perfect to read by in a totally black room for me, it's not too bright. When I was trying other firmware versions, I had to set the light to 72% for one firmware to get the same light output. Another firmware I had to lower it down to 12% for the same light output.

Like I said, Kobo's firmware is my biggest complaint, but if you find a version you're happy with and stick with it, the Glo is absolutely a fantastic reader.

Edit: There's also a hack that lets you reverse the white/black on the screen for a nightmode for those stuck with a light that's too bright. I haven't tried it, haven't ever felt the need for it for myself, but others love the option. You can read about the hack and download it here.

[FinancialWar]

The Thinkpad Tablet 8 look nice.

[entodoays]

I had a similar problem and I managed to solve it myself using this procedure.

You could try first skipping steps 5 to 13 and copy the partitions one by one. It might solve your problem too.

[carpetmojo]

Love my T3, the best Sony yet (after my 350!) - but then I am in the UK, use Calibre, and am an Alf acolyte .....

The kindle's still in my Dark Matter category ...........

[BookCat]

While I still love my Sony 505, which still works well, I recognised the need to upgrade my ereader. After much deliberation and asking questions on MR, I chose a PW2. This has some truly useful functions, such as a page flip, enabling me to stay on the page I'm reading while checking a map, or list of characters, in another part of the book. The frontlight overcomes the poor lighting I have in my new house (which will be changed soon), but then I use a really nice booklight on the 505.

Like others here, I regret that Sony didn't have better direction in their ereader production; they could so easily have out-sold Kindles. Seems that many ex-Sony ereader owners are switching to the paperwhite.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by BookCat

Like others here, I regret that Sony didn't have better direction in their ereader production; they could so easily have out-sold Kindles. Seems that many ex-Sony ereader owners are switching to the paperwhite.

The reason that Amazon have come to dominate the market has little to do with the reader hardware; they've succeeded because they recognise that the reader hardware is just one aspect of the whole book buying "experience". You need a reader which is closely integrated with a great bookstore, and you need good customer service to back it all up. Sony make good hardware, but the other parts of the system are all woefully lacking.

[LaughingVulcan]

I started with a 505, replaced into the 600 series when I had a screen crack and replaced again to a 650 on another screen crack. The battery on my 650 is marginal now, so I'm giving serious consideration to replacement.

The more I think about it, though, the more I'm leaning towards going back to paper. (Not saying I will, as there are many things I love about the e-Ink experience not the least is the weight and that I can have 281 books and a host of magazines in one reader, and never came anywhere close to filling it.)

But the reality of the Sony closure makes it pretty clear to me that so long as eBooks are DRM-ridden and in proprietary formats, they aren't really my property, any more than the several hundred dollars worth of music I lost over the years due to DRM. So I'm not anxious to transfer my account to Kobo, nor am I anxious to keep using my Reader or purchase a replacement for it.

If I were to change, I would either purchase a Kindle if I really still want the e-Ink feel or I'd more likely invest in an iPad Air. (When I think about the number of re-purchases of Sony's I've made, I'm really on par with an iPad's price.)

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan

But the reality of the Sony closure makes it pretty clear to me that so long as eBooks are DRM-ridden and in proprietary formats, they aren't really my property, any more than the several hundred dollars worth of music I lost over the years due to DRM.

Why don't you remove the DRM, like many people do?

[sabredog]

Purchased a T3 last night and partnered with Calibre (with input from a helpful apprentice), I am quite happy to continue to buy Sony ereaders.