just got me a Sony Reader
just got me one of [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader]these[/URL]. seems pretty nifty so far.
went [URL=http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/title.html]here [/URL]and [URL=http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page]here[/URL] to legally download books and essays and shtuff until i get an accy set up on Sony's eBook site, or wherever else. this supposedly has an incredibly long battery life; one can supposedly read something like 1500 pages without the battery running out. they should have a disclaimer stating that this is based entirely on the readers ability... actually there probably is such a disclaimer somewhere on the box.
anyway, it uses nanotechnology to push black and white nano-particles onto the screen, which is quite different from an iPod or laptop screen. this means that it's not harsh on your eyes. it's almost like looking at a piece of paper; it looks more like some of the screens on the older PDA's maybe.
also it can show jpg's (in black and white) and can play unencrypted mp3 and AAC files.
gonna use this bad-boy out in the field and in Iraq to be able to carry a couple hundred books on me without adding more than 9oz weight to my gear.
anybody else have one of these?
i'm excited about it but so far the software that comes with it seems sort of iffy. it's taken this whole time i'm sitting here typing this to transfer 10 text files of about 5megs each and right now i think it might be frozen. also there's a slight pause when you go between pages which you have to get used to; if you get impatient and hit "next" 10 times thinking it missed the first command then it will suddenly kick in and jump ahead 10 pages.
the entire thing is worth the price, though, because now that i added a huge dictionary to it i can immediately resolve all those goddam arguments over the meanings and origins of words me and my buddy have all the time without having to carry a real dictionary or wait until we get home to look it up.
I sure hope Sony will give a shit and try to replace or fix the problem, sounds like it was handy though.
I'd like you to tell me that you are a false prophet and that God is a superstition.
[QUOTE=izen;980405]this supposedly has an incredibly long battery life; one can supposedly read something like 1500 pages without the battery running out. they should have a disclaimer stating that this is based entirely on the readers ability[/QUOTE]Really? I was under the impression that it only used the battery to change pages, so it wouldn't matter. Sorry to hear about your software clusterfuck though. I really wanted one of these (or a competing model), I've just been holding out for a new model after they sort out all this file compatibility/licensing crap. Or maybe they never will, like in the music player world.
Also, I don't want to repurchase my existing library all over again. I wish they had something where like, if you buy a paper copy, they print a code on your receipt that lets you download the e-version for like a dollar or something. Which still wouldn't solve my retroactive issue, but it's a step.
bump for shitty software.
Connect Reader software has effectively rendered the entire reader useless. all columns disappeared off the left side after a program freeze required a ctl/alt/del. think of it this way: the program looks similar in layout to iTunes. imagine if your iTunes opened up and you could see maybe the middle of your song titles and everything to the right of them, but all the beginnings of the songs and the playlists and all (except for the file/edit/etc menus up above) were shoved way off to the left in the digital netherworld of your screen and no amount of dragging and resizing and reopening fixes it.
i uninstalled, reinstalled, rebooted, no effect.
so i just uninstalled and gave my computer a regedited enema until there were no remnants of the program left that a person could possibly know about unless they designed the program themselves.
problem.still.not.fixed.
so i now have a 340$ paperweight, because there's no other way to transfer the files onto the hardware. i e-mailed Sony tech support, as if that would do any good.
so, yeah, buy the Iliad or whatever the fuck the other reader is called.