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I also decided that the cost of buying a used book online, with shipping, would equal about what I would spend on an ebook. All I do is zoom in once and hit the next page button. As far as books go I decided to buy this product because I love classic and you can get those, mostly, for free from various website - plus sony is offering 100 free classics with registration right now. Needless to say my laptop was getting heavy and I felt guilty for printing off 25-50 pages a journal article, I thought it was wasteful. I was concerned that I wouldn't like the reader because I love the feel of a book in my hands.
For me this is not so huge of a problem because it doesn't affect the reader's ability to do what it was meant to do. As a result sometimes you get the title and author backwards. I bought the reader AFTER it's update and I can read pdf files fine. I've tried renaming the actual file and it still doesn't work - most of my files won't let me change the information in the 'prefrences' either. Secondly, I'm also college student whose professors post journal articles (in pdf format) to read for classes. The majority of my reading is pdf file and my only complaint is that the program you use to put the files on there won't let you put in the title and author. I also decided that it would be more eco-friendly since I wouldn't be using as much paper - I really had to convince myself to spend 300.00 on a reader if you can't tell. When you "scroll" the page it flips it as if it were flipping the page of a book.
Call me vain, but I also like seeing all the books I've read in my bookcase, it feels like an accomplishment. You can't read one page at a time, rather, when you hit the button after reading the 1st half it sends you to where you left off and then hit it again and it takes you to the bottom. Overall I love it. Just like buying online the olderbooks are going to be cheaper and the newer ones more expensive, the only difference is that if you want to buy a new hardback it will cost upwards to 20-30 dollars while you can get one for 12-15 dollars at sony's store. I also have to do tons of research for papers which require I read pdfs as well.
Great price and pretty handy device. The kindle gives this a run for the money with the ability to get newspapers and magazines.Otherwise great size. Good product, very slim and portable. I like the fact that you can upload PDF documents, musics,and pbotos (although only in B& W).Some limitations, on works on Windows base systems and only takes Sonny music format.However, as a student it's awesome for taking your notes or lectures with you in PDF format.Sonny should broaden their horizon and open the sourcing to Mac and mutilple mp3 formats.
I like it very much and recommend for everyone using for long trip anywhere.Thank you Inneta
The good:- Crispy display- SimpleThe bad:- Crashed on me several times when tried to open a book (did not always crash again when reopened the same book after the boot)The ugly:- PDF does not look so great.- No html view - I had to use calibre (which is great) to convert, not with 100% success.- I wish the file format was open standard.
PDFs may display a little awkward such as when I downloaded a magazine in PDF format but it is still very readable and this has not presented any problems for me. It has three different fonts sizes. The sony does not have wi-fi and you cannot browse the web - I did not see this a problem since that is why I have laptop, pc and PDA for. I read the other reviews and thought I would add my thoughts.I chose the Sony over Kindle because of its ability to import other file formats such PDF and Word without having to go through a converter and pay a fee such as Kindle. If you use openoffice you can read in any word document, revise it and then save a pdf image to download to the sony - which is very nice and openoffice is also free.The sony is small enough to fit into my front pocket it I need to (it is tight on some slacks).For those who love to read - this is a great gadget and I suspect for those who need the wi-fi the Kindle is the way to go I also get free books from the gutenburg project online.I read a lot - research at work on the PC as well as magazines and books at home. I can download technical manuals from companies such EMC and IBM at no change and have them at my finger tips when I need them. T find the sony screen very easy to read (I am over 50 and I have progressive lens) with eye strain which I get from PCs and laptops.
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