10-22-2007, 09:27 AM | #31 |
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I found a home for my 500. I sold it.
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10-22-2007, 10:27 AM | #32 |
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Good question! I guess I haven't made a decision yet, and even if I get a 505 just try to pry the 500 away from me!
My feeling is that the 500 will have a significant place in e-book history because of it's ability to reach out to the general public in a whole new way. If e-books catch on like we expect, whether you like the Sony devices or not, we may all eventually look fondly on the 500 as a significant step. In fact, not just the device, but also the advertising push working to make this something more attractive to the average person. It's good for e-books in general. Oddly enough, all the things that seem so important about the "gadget" side of things ultimately pale in comparison to the actual reading experience. I probably should have written more about that. It needs to have a reader's "minimum set of required features and compatibility", but when I have the 500 and 505 both available, I want to grab the 505 for one and only one reason - the screen is easier on my eyes and therefore more pleasant to read with. |
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Backlight, of course, with several settings of both brightness and contrast. But I can live very well with eInk. Built-in lookup word dictionary, Search, Notes, Underline, go to any page, ability to view screen in all four positions, reversible page forward keys, time and date, ability to set the auto shutoff time. Most important of all is the ability to download and use any font and type size that is on the computer. As this eBook has been around for years, one would think that somebody at Sony might have taken a look at it and incorporated some of these features, but nooooo. Consequently, I still keep and use it, especially for reading at night in the dark. |
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10-22-2007, 12:57 PM | #35 |
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I used the 505 in direct sunlight at the beach for two days this weekend. Outstanding performance and readability compared to the 500, which always would fade in direct sunlight. Absolutely no fade or character deterioration with 505. Major improvement IMHO.
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10-22-2007, 02:16 PM | #36 |
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I LIKE USING MY READER IN HIGH WINDS IN AREAS WHERE I WOULD NORMALLY SEE PEOPLE READING PAPER BACKS.
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10-22-2007, 02:54 PM | #37 |
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Very interesting and very helpful review. Thanks, Bob!
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10-22-2007, 05:52 PM | #38 | |
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For example "I downloaded all those books from my READER to the computer." BEEP! I'm sorry, you don't win the prize. The correct way to phrase that is "I uploaded all those books from my READER to the computer." |
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10-22-2007, 06:15 PM | #39 |
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I'm sorry, why is that the correct way to phrase it?
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10-22-2007, 06:28 PM | #40 |
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Actually, if you're using the interface on the personal computer, which is the likely scenario, it is downloading.
Downloading is moving files to the device you're directly controlling to do the transfer. Uploading is moving the files away from the device you're directly controlling. |
10-22-2007, 07:08 PM | #41 |
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It's confusing when you control both ends of the process, it's less confusing when you only control one end of the process, like a PC to Internet interface.
I.e. You'd upload your nicely formatted public domain e-book to MobileRead's e-book section. Then you'd download someone else's nicely formatted public domain e-book from MobileRead's e-book section. As for eReader versus Reader, it's more a matter of the wrong name. You wouldn't call HarryT JSWolf -- they're two different people. And you wouldn't call an e-book reading software "Reader" because its name is actually eReader, and you wouldn't call an e-ink e-book reading device made by Sony "eReader" because its name is "Reader." As Lieutenant Commander Data once said: "One is my name, the other is not." |
10-22-2007, 07:59 PM | #42 |
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Of course, you can say My reading device is downloading books from the computer. But if you say it the other way it would be, My computer is uploading books to my reading device.
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10-22-2007, 08:03 PM | #43 |
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Maybe I should just stick to transferring ;-)
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10-23-2007, 02:45 AM | #45 |
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If it was just a "name" then I wouldn't give too hoots whether people call it the "Reader" or the "eReader". The problem is that "eReader" is an eBook format which is not compatible with the Reader, so if you go around talking about "eReader books" there's a high probability of confusion - are you talking about "books in eReader format" or "books for the Sony Reader"? Even worse would be if you went to an eBook store and bought a DRM-protected book in eReader format, expecting to be able to read it on your Reader, and then discovered that you couldn't; eReader DRM has not been "cracked" so you'd be stuck with a book that you couldn't do anything with.
Because of these issues I'm afraid that I am going to keep reminding people that the machine is not called the "eReader" - it really is important. |
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