Monday, September 01, 2008
eBook is here and I am in. After long research I got Sony V2 ( 505 ) and with standard firmware update: no hacking! I am using it with my Mac and can read Japanese and Russian as well as English. You can get books from Project Gutenberg and other places, but you will be better off if you will format PDF to match it size: 3.5'' on 4.5'' ( 0.1 margins) and use font 9-10 size. Save files in PDF with fonts embedded ( default on MAC -> print, save as PDF). That's it! Do not forget to use Any Printer and customize a page size. You may need to make margins 0 in either document or page setup.
Sony 505 is much better reader than V1. It switch pages much faster and offer some kind of book search : Title, Author or Date and of course it keep all bookmarks for quick jumps, so more than one person can use it.
It is really small, and I wish it has a bigger screen than 6'' ( paperback size)
Sony book store is a joke, but device is open and unlike Kindle, Sony do support DPF and vector graphics ( and ANY language PDF support without hacking!) You can see it as mass storage device and you can simply copy files to SD card and put it in ( device show card if connected via USB so it can be used as reader)
If you use languages, do not forget to save file with English name and edit Title and Author in document properties or you may see gibberish.
Sony can re-flow a PDF with latest update: nice if you document is not formated for device.
That is about all: nice device for 300$ to read your books formated as PDF.
So, I only wish Sony had screen like iRex: 8-10'' and it will be perfect.
Sony 505 is much better reader than V1. It switch pages much faster and offer some kind of book search : Title, Author or Date and of course it keep all bookmarks for quick jumps, so more than one person can use it.
It is really small, and I wish it has a bigger screen than 6'' ( paperback size)
Sony book store is a joke, but device is open and unlike Kindle, Sony do support DPF and vector graphics ( and ANY language PDF support without hacking!) You can see it as mass storage device and you can simply copy files to SD card and put it in ( device show card if connected via USB so it can be used as reader)
If you use languages, do not forget to save file with English name and edit Title and Author in document properties or you may see gibberish.
Sony can re-flow a PDF with latest update: nice if you document is not formated for device.
That is about all: nice device for 300$ to read your books formated as PDF.
So, I only wish Sony had screen like iRex: 8-10'' and it will be perfect.
Labels: Sony Reader 505 review ( Kindle sucks)
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