The first picture shows how it looks with standard settings. If you use the font size adjustment, you can resize the font and the text will be very legible. Reflow will cause a page numbering artifact — multiple pages will show the same number until you have paged through all the information on that original page. The third image is all I could see of the original illustration.
I did find that I could pinch-zoom in on the image in the original format to see more details, but the images did get fuzzier as I zoomed in. I think the reader is a good size, but it would be a little easier to hold in a case. It also needs a light source for reading in a dark room. I passed the Kindle along to my husband. I have just bought this EReader and it is the first one I have owned.
Find it difficult to get any info on how to use it. I go to the reader service and it tells me it is coming soon I have tried the others and it says the same. I bought it thinking it had a light as I read mostly through the night but it has no light this is a must.
Where can I read your info on the case and light please. Mine came with only 2 or 3 books on it, so it was easy to find the manual in the book list.
Just touch the picture of the cover to open it up. I agree that a lighted cover is a most for all eInk readers. Ty I believe a Sony T-1 driver was added to Calibre v0. All e-ink model readers need a light of some sort for night reading. This is no different than with a paper book!
The lighted cover might be found at BestBuy or on the SonyStyle site. I bought one for hubby when I ordered his T-1 and he has liked it! Very sleek and slim, not bulky and the light is very convenient to use.
Not so fast… My PRS has an integrated light. And if you had one you would know why they that is the only Sony Reader with a built in light. Bryan The had the lights, but they were still external lights. I thought the screen was very hard to read on the I swear my favorite Sony light ever was the Lightwedge case for the The lighting was so even with that plastic wedge. Dang I forgot all about the Sony ereader! Thanks Janet for such a great review. Thanks, Bob!
I was surprised that Sony came out with a new model, to tell the truth. Great and complete review. Really nice to read any pdf reports or any ePub books not forced to purchase on Amazon. Few comments from a european user.
Keyboard: I found the best is using my thumbs to type as I do with my blackberry. More quicker and convienient than the stylus sure i will loose it soon. I really appreciate the embedded translation as I have to read a lot of english reports. Sometimes the touch screen stop workining but reset button solve it. Using landscape orientation and synchronizing my pro agenda on Google, quite usefull to have access on my e-reader.
Claude or anyone what is pro agenda? Bob, Sorry for confusion. So with the embedded browser I could have access to. Claude I just opened Google Agenda I found on the a search to see what it was and it opened in a different window all in French, I think, asking me if I wanted to open all web calendar links to Agenda instead of Google Calendar, Yikes!
Anyone considering a case with a light but not wanting to pay what Sony charges for this item might consider a cheaper case with a separate light. Hi, Janet! Thank you so much for your detailed review, esp. I posted your review on my blog listed here as my website and mentioned you and linked to your post.
I hope this is ok. Thanks again! Shannon Baker Thanks for the kind words and thanks for referring your readers to The Gadgeteer. FYI, the newest Kindle that Julie and I reviewed recently can also connect to Overdrive and check out books — assuming your library has any in the correct format for Kindle.
I bought this a couple of weeks ago to take on a biz trip to the UK. This is my first e-reader and I really like it. I am an engineer that has tons of technical articles and user manuals and this displays them fine including illustrations and symbolic fonts.
I can also completely re-purpose the reader by swapping the card if I want. There are a lot of little things that Sony did that impress me — the reader functions as a storage device for the PC software installation is one, getting the on-screen keyboard right is another I think those little keys on the kindle are ridiculous.
My one minor nit so far is the design of the stylus and case — there is no good place to store the stylus on the current case. I hope Sony fixes this in the future with a better cover — but I consider this minor.
I have the lighted cover, and I found that the stylus fits well on the front, just to the right of the plastic silo for the light. You can read my review of the case here. Jan Go simply on the favorite list by typing on the heart icon on the right upper corner of the browser. Then keep your finger on the screen on the required favorite few seconds and you a window will appear with a menu to open, modify or delete. All good so far but some books e.
Another Oranges and Sunshine download to reader on PC but once you sync with the ereader some of the images disappear. I have contacted book store and they were grateful for feedback. Hopefully the bookstore and the publishers will get the problems straightened out quickly. I just bought this two weeks ago, and while it is easy to use and set up, there were two things which bothered me. The first is that the battery life is advertised as lasting a month which is not true.
In fact, I exchanged the first one because the battery lasted only three days but the replacement does the same thing. I definately read for more than a half hour a day, but anyone who would spend money on an ereader would do so- however not 15 hours in three days, either!
Also, the location of the SD card has moved from previous models, so it fits in the back, which is a bit clumsy with the case, and harder to access. Can you buy epub books from other sources that can be read on the Sony? Also, can the Sony purchased epub books be used on non-Sony equipment. Many thanks for any help anyone can give — and as usual a great review from the eReader guru, Janet.
If you take that extra step, then they are just like any other epub and can be read on a Sony or whatever epub supporting device you like. I did that a couple times before ever having a Sony reader. You need to install some Sony software to access their ebook store, however. Do you have to use the provided Sony software to add things to the T1?
Henry Yes, you can just drag and drop if your books are DRM free. I gave my husband a T-1 and I loaded some books I had that I thought he might like on it for him just that way. You should also be able to get library books directly to the device through WiFi and it may also be possible to shop some ebook vendors through the browser and WiFi as well.
He mooches most of his books off me. But then I just download it to my reader through WiFi or 3G. I use free Calibre software to manage all my DRM-free books. So I use my Sony and mostly avoid the software. The top edge looks to be flat, why not photograph it in the upside down position then flip when finished. Randomly the units are freezing or fast forwarding pages on a whim. Sony is working on the problem. Anyone here having this problem? He has now had it about five weeks and it sees daily use.
The discussion thread was speculating that turning pages by swipe causes it, however, hubby pretty much exclusively uses swipe for page turning. Some folks are not having any problems, some are. Sony is apparently aware of the issue and working on it. As far as I can see no-one has done one. So here goes. We seen reviews on the Kindle, Nook and Sony eReaders — excellent all of them — but little detailed review of the desktop software that goes along with them.
Agreed they are mentioned. Great review! Just to put it into terms I can see, how does the screen quality contrast, crispness of text, reflectivity compare to the older PRS and PRS readers? I put my money down today and bought the PRS T1 in white, with a black lighted cover. The screen contrast and clarity if significantly better in my opinion on the T1 compared to the , but I do not notice any difference between the T1 and the Kindle 3.
The cover is a little disappointing. There is no magnetic clasp or even a band like the old Kindle covers or moleskine diaries. But the way the reader clips into it is very reasurring. The old Kindle covers always seemed to me to be a recipe for disaster — though they never were. Henry: I have a web index to my books pdf and epub. The greatest feature of the T1 is that I can navigate in its browser and click on the links, which immediately downloads them into the library.
This is the easiest and fastest way to get any books into an e-reader and is what WiFi should have provided in ereaders all along. The worst aspect of the T1 is the case and especially the keys build quality — compared to the and , it feels plasticy and cheap. Still, I think it is one of the best e-ink devices out there if you want to take charge of your own ebook library.
The only open wish would be for a larger screen size, but having arrived in the Age Of Tablets now, I do no believe there is hope for that. The big reason that I bought the T1 other than the very informative and positive Gadgeteer review of course was its flexibility. I need an ereader with e-ink because for me they are definitely much easier on the eyes to read over an LCD screen and they have much fewwer distractions e.
But I also want to be able to highlight text and clip it out for other documents. The alternative is to highlight and then type it out in Word. Best to avoid it if possible. The Sony set up allows me to do that better than other systems. For example you can do this with Kindle, highlight, sync, go to the web app, cut and paste. However, with Kindle books, there is a limit to the amount that can be cut and paste — which varies with publishers and you never know how much.
Almost a perfect solution, but then comes in my next requirement. With Kindle, you have to stay with a Kindle e-ink reader. You can go to an app on Apple or Android, but you have just lost the e-ink. With epub I have portability between e-ink ereaders. But not always as much as you think. So in comes non-DRM books. Thankfully most — if not all — of my reads are available non-DRM.
Cannot do that with the Nook for example. Wow, with all those qualification how on earth did I find a wife? And should Sony pack up shop in the future and stop selling e-ink readers, all of my books being non-DRM will be portable to another product.
Another French customer with a black T1. Excellent little device, albeit with some irritating bits — however the core function of e-book reading is great. So with that over, let me tell you the bad bits:. Coming soon. Totally and completely. Luckily the totally wonderful Calibre is freely available — so just use that instead. Luckily one can work-around them. Can you use the current page being viewed as the screen saver on this reader?
This is a problem with the others if you need to keep one page up while viewing a diagram or instructions etc while working. If you turn the screen saver off how does it affect battery life? Any of you guys with the Sony able to answer this would be greatly appreciated. I have seen many people trying to hack this feature into the kindle and nook. Jim The Sony uses JPG files that you have on the reader as screensavers, not the current page in your book.
Power is only used when the page is drawn. Thanks Janet, However I need to leave the last page viewed on the screen. Hopefully without excess battery drain. I would rather the screen saver never came on, and just left the last page viewed on the screen and went to sleep.
Just hoping that it can go to sleep on the last page. Thank you for the lovely review Janet. Do you have any idea on how it compares to the new Kindle Touch? The T2 is lighter in weight because it shakes the audio functionality that the previous generation of reader enjoyed. You will not find a 3. I really liked the new hardware keys on the new model, they symbolize the buttons that launch a particular function.
The home key has a picture of a house, so there is no confusing the functions. The Sony PRS-T1 had a single row of keys that all lined up together, resulting in users mistakenly pressing on the wrong button. Both of these e-readers are running the Google Android operating system and are designed to read.
Both models have the ability to connect up to libraries supporting Overdrive to borrow ebooks. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Share Tweet 6. X Close.
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