Sony T1 vs Kindle3 keyboard ¿photo?

[ersott]

Hello.

I am in doubt between this model and kindle touch, and I would like to know where I can find a video or a photo of the two models together.

greetings.

[log]

Kindle Touch is not out until November 21.

Best you will see for now is a comparison of Kindle 4 and PRS-T1: http://youtu.be/oUJGCSHcnOs?hd=1&t=3m41s

edit: just noticed you wanted to see comparison with Kindle Keyboard in thread title, maybe someone else can post some pictures if they own both

[Shopaholic]

Go for the Kindle. Less headaches than the T1.

[seajewel]

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

Go for the Kindle. Less headaches than the T1.

Er.. why? you are entitled to that opinion of course, but it'd be nice if you'd elaborate a bit more than that. I do think it's a lot easier to buy books on Kindle, or has been until now, but I don't know why you would have "less headaches" otherwise.

[Shopaholic]

Sorry Seajewel. I was having a bit of an irrational moment. I got my T1 and was having nothing but problems with it & the software. So far, and yes I do realize that I haven't played with it for long, it's a PITA to use. I use the Reader Library and have since I had my 300. I know some people have had issues with it but I didn't.

I don't sync everything I own onto it. I don't want to & I don't need to. I found it easy to use the Reader Library & happily did so. I cannot figure out how the heck to get the new Reader for PC to manually put specific books on it within the collections I have made onto my reader. It's all or nothing. Once the reader itself has synced with the computer I cannot delete within a collection or the collection itself. I can delete the book from the main Books category on the reader but then am left with a bunch of empty collections that I can't do anything with. I can't delete them or rename them or anything. It's been classed as being synced so I can't touch it. Ok so then shouldn't I be able to manage the collection on the reader through the software to delete or rename or whatever? Apparently not!

I know I'm being silly but I deauthorized the thing removed all the software for the new T1 from the computer & packed it back up ready to go back to the store. I don't want everything I own on the fool thing! I have a ton of books that I want to read. I don't want them mixed up with ones I've already read.

I found the help files to be useless. They say you can drag & drop but if you do the information probably won't display properly. Well, isn't that nice! lol eesh.

I don't know....maybe I'll try again but it shouldn't be this frustrating to want an enjoyable reading experience. I only have 13 days left to get my money back on the thing. I also found the touch to not be as responsive as the 350 and I abhor the black flashing of the refresh. I found it to be quite jarring. The flash on the 350 doesn't bother me. The flash when reading a book on the T1 doesn't bother me but when I'm on the browser trying to find a book or trying to organize the books on the reader, OMG it gives me a headache.

I suffer from migraines from a fractured skull years ago and I can't handle the black flashing all the time even when trying to look at the books in cover format over list format. It's quite jarring, at least to me anyways.

[salines]

@Shopaholic
Thanks for your explanation. Very interesting.

I hope that if I get the T1 in Germany there will be a new software.
I also hate the black refresh of the whole site.

Maybe Sony will make an update....hopefully....


btw, has anybody experience with the glare border - black or white?
I think about buying a skin from decalgirl (in Germany skins4u).

[graycyn]

A black T-1 arrived on our doorstep today, for hubby. I'm pretty impressed with it. I never used the Reader Library software for my 950 and don't expect to bother with the new Sony software on the T-1 when I get one for myself. I like using Calibre and/or Windows Explorer with my Sony 950 and I expect I'll continue liking that once they have a dedicated T-1 driver for Calibre.

It's a blamed nice reader from what I can see so far. I think the touch is more responsive than on my 950, the screen contrast is definitely better, and it's nice to have the larger range of font sizes. The pinch/zoom works nicely, so does the page crop (only tested on auto).

Glare hasn't been too bad from what I've seen, but then again, it's hubby's, so I haven't settled in for a long read on it. I'm debating on what color I might want, kind of leaning towards either black (to be possibly be skinned) or white, since I didn't really mind the glossy white on my Nook. But I'd like to see the red shade in person... if it's a cool red, I might like that.

[kartu]

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

Go for the Kindle. Less headaches than the T1.

Kindle has worse screen though (photos by theonna @ the ebook org)



also confirmed by tomshardware.


PS
Kindle 3 vs T1 (again theonna)




more photos

[David58117]

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

Sorry Seajewel. I was having a bit of an irrational moment. I got my T1 and was having nothing but problems with it & the software. So far, and yes I do realize that I haven't played with it for long, it's a PITA to use. I use the Reader Library and have since I had my 300. I know some people have had issues with it but I didn't.

I don't sync everything I own onto it. I don't want to & I don't need to. I found it easy to use the Reader Library & happily did so. I cannot figure out how the heck to get the new Reader for PC to manually put specific books on it within the collections I have made onto my reader. It's all or nothing. Once the reader itself has synced with the computer I cannot delete within a collection or the collection itself. I can delete the book from the main Books category on the reader but then am left with a bunch of empty collections that I can't do anything with. I can't delete them or rename them or anything. It's been classed as being synced so I can't touch it. Ok so then shouldn't I be able to manage the collection on the reader through the software to delete or rename or whatever? Apparently not!

I know I'm being silly but I deauthorized the thing removed all the software for the new T1 from the computer & packed it back up ready to go back to the store. I don't want everything I own on the fool thing! I have a ton of books that I want to read. I don't want them mixed up with ones I've already read.

I found the help files to be useless. They say you can drag & drop but if you do the information probably won't display properly. Well, isn't that nice! lol eesh.

I don't know....maybe I'll try again but it shouldn't be this frustrating to want an enjoyable reading experience. I only have 13 days left to get my money back on the thing. I also found the touch to not be as responsive as the 350 and I abhor the black flashing of the refresh. I found it to be quite jarring. The flash on the 350 doesn't bother me. The flash when reading a book on the T1 doesn't bother me but when I'm on the browser trying to find a book or trying to organize the books on the reader, OMG it gives me a headache.

I suffer from migraines from a fractured skull years ago and I can't handle the black flashing all the time even when trying to look at the books in cover format over list format. It's quite jarring, at least to me anyways.

I don't get your problem. Drag + drop works just as well as syncing through software - in fact I just connected my T1 to my wifes laptop, didn't want to sync all the books that were in the software, so I dragged/dropped to the device itself (accessible from My Computer) the few books I wanted - and after disconnecting and letting them load for a few seconds - there they were, covers and all!

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

I know I'm being silly but I deauthorized the thing removed all the software for the new T1 from the computer & packed it back up ready to go back to the store. I don't want everything I own on the fool thing! I have a ton of books that I want to read. I don't want them mixed up with ones I've already read.

You need to relax a little. Take a deep breath. Its not that bad.

Ok are you talking about deleting from the computer or the device itself???

You can most certainly delete books from the device.https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=152615 Look at the sixth post down.

As for the computer software. Ditch it. I never used it for my 650. I just use calibre. No fuss no muss.


I realize you posted this yesterday. I know you float around on the site daily, so you may have already found out this nugget of information.