Addressing the last point, I have heard several people mention that there is ONE feature they look for most. . .non-reflective or translucent glass or whatever on the screen. I'm afraid I've never been bothered by it all that much, other than those few days when the sun shines right behind me, and I just tilt the screens a bit for those few days and I'm OK, though I do notice. I was a bit surprised by the extra cost for such, and wonder about stick- on translucent sheets, like the ones for cellphones, PDAs, etc. I think nearly any arts and crafts store would have such things you would be able to use on your Sony. mh On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:56 AM, James Adcock <jimad@msn.com> wrote:
They do 99% of the work and then expect the world to beat a path to their doorstep to get their new mousetrap.
Slight tangent to the thread, but I decided to get the Sony PRS-600BC reader last night at my local Target for a mere $299 *cough*, and brought it home in anticipation of loading it up with lots of Gutenberg epub, lrf and HTML formatted docs. I use Calibre on Linux to communicate with it and sync the docs, news, etc.
What a depressing experience, and not the Gutenberg part.
- The reader is really horrible for glare. I have to hold it at about a 30-degree angle in order to use it without reflecting everything above, behind and around me.
- The contrast is very low and milky. Picture reading a book while it is pressed flat against the outside of your driver-side window. It's worse than that.
- The device is VERY slow and unresponsive to finger or stylus. Even my old sub-200Mhz Palm III was faster than this.
- Battery life is beyond atrocious. I charged it fully, left it in the "On" state with Power Management enabled, and about an hour later, it had already lost 80% of its battery life
- Horrible "neoprene" cover/case that ships with it. Really? For a $300 device, all I get is a flimsy piece of neoprene to protect it? Not even a hard-walled slip case.
As others have said, I can get a full netbook for the same price, with a LOT more storage, power, and flexibility. This reader is going back to Target less than 24 hours after the original purchase.
Does anyone have a recommendation of one that they DO like, which doesn't hurt the eyes (with glare and contrast straining) and has good battery life and document compatibility? _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d