http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/ Engadget Comments for Video: Sony PRS-600 Touch is fast but too dim to satisfy PRS-505 owner http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
I'm pretty bummed. I Was really looking forward to this device.]]>Aug 24th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
But a matte screen protector would add yet another light diffusing layer between you and the E-ink, reducing readability even more.

No touch screen for me. The quality of the display is the whole point of an E-ink device.]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
I'm still loving my Kindle 2. The Sony is nice, but I really dig having Whispernet. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
You can check it out: http://bit.ly/zEW6K

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We probably all think that we can keep our devices in pristine condition but accidents do happen and you can also never really account for the idiocy of other. Witness the number of people who like to point things out on a computer display using the nib of a pen, for example.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/I´m waiting myself for a more affordable A3/A4 sized book for copying my technical books to it. I can´t imagine reading excel sheets with some graphs in it on the small screens these days. Also as long as companies excpect me to use an Ebook where the producer tells me how to use it and what I can read they can keep it. Give me an Ebook with a proper screen size with WiFi and speed together with dual touch so i can zoom where i feel like and you get what i want. And no.. an iPhone isnt a replacement.]]>Aug 24th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
Here's the thing - my laptop display has no scratches or blemishes but my mobile phone has plenty of dings, some caused by myself and the rest by other people. An eBook Reader is a device that seems to fit somewhere between the two - you can't put it in your pocket like a mobile telephone but it is much easier to "throw around" than a notebook computer due to its small size and low weight. I therefore tend to think that it will likely see more physical abuse than a mobile telephone but not as much as a notebook, which means that I am still very concerned about how well its display will repel damage.

In many respects I suppose whether this is a problem will depend on how well you think you can look after it. The realist in me says that you won't take as much care of this as you will something like a notebook computer but if you can ensure that no damage occurs to your mobile telephone then you'll probably be OK. Just make sure no one else touches it otherwise all bets are off.]]>Aug 24th 2009 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
As far as touch goes, touch just makes more sense. I don't want real estate taken up by buttons, or the damned Kindle keyboard.

So yeah, needless to say, I've already pre-ordered mine and hope that thing ships soon, because I miss reading!]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
I think I qualify in the "some of us" category since we moved to Belgium and are probably moving back soon. Moving costs are certainly high but I wouldn't be without my books and an electronic device is not a real replacement.

Mind you, I am sure that people had (and probably still have) the same argument against MP3 players when compared to LPs or CDs but yet I haven't bought a CD for years now.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
My dad (who is 60 and wears glasses) saw my PRS-505 for the first time and he couldn't stop reading it, so I had to buy him one. He said the screen was amazingly good and very readible, though still not perfect. The main advantage for him was the comfort of carrying the ebook around with a library inside.

Now on the topic: I also doubt it is a good idea to have fingerprints on your (still low contrast) eInk display, I would rather go for someting with a separate keyboard (Kindle) or just stick to my PRS-505 for now.
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Check it out: http://bit.ly/zEW6K
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The only thing I've found that's "wrong" with it is the lack of a light, but that can be worked around with a new cover. Yes, the page turn isn;t instant but then neither is it when reading a paper based book, that fraction of a second really isn't noticeable.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
Its light, lasts forever on one charge, and doesn't hurt my eyes. I've read two books in the last month, compared to virtually none in the last year! So its helping me at least
]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Touch seems like the new fad right now, but as has been said in this thread already, just puts smudges on your screen and what's the point if the contrast is bad. It's primary function is a reading device, not an iPhone wanna-be. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 25th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download

this software is much better than sony's and is updated all the time. Plus it's free, open source.]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/I was considering picking up one of these new eReaders but first I wanted to see what the mac Library software was like, so I downloaded it and installed it from Sony's ebook store site.

To be fair I can't attest to how it performs the task of syncing books with the device since I don't own one but there were some things that really turned me off to it, and made me decide to hold off for something better.

To start, the Library software installer for the Mac requires a reboot after install. This is mostly unheard of on the mac. I know it's a minor annoyance, but still bugs me. It also got me wondering what they added that would require a restart.

Which leads me to my second point of contention. A careful look at the installers custom options shows that the installer ads a third party kernel extension to your machine. These things are usually used for device drivers and things of that nature, why that would be required for syncing books over USB is beyond me. What sucks about third party kernel extensions is they can lead to instabilities in your system. A kernel extensions (or kext) has direct access to kernel level functions and memory and If they aren't written carefully kernel panics can result, which will crash your mac. Whereas, a normal user level application will at most crash itself and die, leaving the OS unscathed. Even if we give the sony programmers the benefit of the doubt and assume their kext is written beautifully and is perfectly stable, it's still feels like overkill when the Kindle, and any number of other USB devices do fine with what the default OS provides.

The Mac version of the Library software's UI is also very ugly and doesn't jive well with the rest of OS X, it looks like it's trying to be iTunes, but it's using UI elements that look like their from Windows 2000 or something.

So yeah the readers look beautiful, but I can't stand the software so I'm going to pass. I think I'll wait to see what the Kindle 3 holds in store for us.]]>Aug 26th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
I was looking forward for these. Now what should I buy to read no DRM-PDF??

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I spent *all weekend* using the PRS-600 and the PRS-505 side-by-side. With a sigh, on Sunday evening, I packaged the PRS-600 back in its box. It is being returned to Sony. It's all about legibility, and this reader doesn't have it.

]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/Aug 24th 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-sony-prs-600-touch-is-fast-but-too-dim-to-satisfy-prs-505/
Super easy process!

http://bit.ly/FsI77
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