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Sony PRS 700 Vs. Netbook

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  • 05-10-2008 1:37pm
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    c0y0te
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    Need some advice please folks.

    My wife is keen on getting the new Sony PRS 700 ebook reader thingy when its available here in Europe, but what I was wondering is whether or not one of those netbook laptops would also do the trick?

    Are ebooks readable on just dedicated ereaders or will a small laptop or netbook also do the trick?


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    c0y0te
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    Thanks for the thoughts... I reckon I'll end up getting both at some point, but I suppose I should start her off on the ebook reader from Sony.

    Another question if I may.. does this Sony gizmo recharge on a USB connection the way a standard MP3 player does when it's hooked up to a PC?


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    parsi
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    bedlam wrote: »
    Regarding the books, most formats have readers for the PC/Mac/... however I am not so sure if the Sony native format (lrf/lrx) does. ePub will hopefully take off in a big way in the coming year and there will be little issue reading this format on anything from phones to computers.

    At a pinch you can read lrfs using the ebook library software than comes with the Reader (or it can be downloaded).


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    c0y0te
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    I checked with Sony today and the new PRS-700 will only be released in the USA in November, not expected in Europe until mid next year it seems.

    Worse still - I asked about purchasing one in the states and just using a USB to charge it here in Ireland and they told me the downloads would only work in the USA and threw in some bull**** about the firmware needing to be upgraded before it would work in Europe.

    Bottom line - I can't be arsed circumventing the proxy setup and I think I'll avoid the PRS 700 for now and check in on it again in 6 months to see if it's hit the shelves in Europe or not.


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    J-blk
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    Well we didn't get the PRS-505 until well over a year after it was released in the US - so 6 months is pretty short by comparison but I think they just threw out a random number and it'll be longer. This is one of the things I really hate about Sony: the European market seems to exist only to clear stock of older models...


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    20goto10
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    c0y0te wrote: »
    I checked with Sony today and the new PRS-700 will only be released in the USA in November, not expected in Europe until mid next year it seems.

    Worse still - I asked about purchasing one in the states and just using a USB to charge it here in Ireland and they told me the downloads would only work in the USA and threw in some bull**** about the firmware needing to be upgraded before it would work in Europe.

    Bottom line - I can't be arsed circumventing the proxy setup and I think I'll avoid the PRS 700 for now and check in on it again in 6 months to see if it's hit the shelves in Europe or not.
    Does your wife need search and notes functionality? Or does she just want it as a digital book? If she doesn't need those features then go for the prs-505. It was only released in Ireland and UK last month. By the time the 700 comes out there'll be yet a newer model in the US worth waiting for (wifi for example :-))


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