Comments on: Sony PRS-500 still on-track to get ePub upgrade by the end of the year http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Montgomery http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1146307 Eric Montgomery Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:53:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/03/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-1146307 I've still got my PRS-500 even though I do all of my reading on the iPhone (Kindle app). Tihs potential upgrade, and the books I purchased, are the only reason I haven't given it away (nobody would buy it). I’ve still got my PRS-500 even though I do all of my reading on the iPhone (Kindle app). Tihs potential upgrade, and the books I purchased, are the only reason I haven’t given it away (nobody would buy it).

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1146226 Alan Wallcraft Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:37:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/03/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-1146226 Did Valerie confirm that Sony will be providing a firmware upgrade for the PRS-500? This is what Sony said at the time of the $100 PRS-500 to PRS-505 upgrade offer: "We’ve also seen the requests from PRS-500 users about making an upgrade available for that model. After lengthy discussion and investigation of different solutions, we determined that such an upgrade would not be technically feasible." The term "update solution" is no clearer than the original "update path". I assume it will be a firmware upgrade (technical feasibility tends to change when money and lawyers get involved, and Sony would definitely get sued if they switched from LRX to ePub without doing something about the PRS-500) but it woud be nice to get confirmation from Sony. Did Valerie confirm that Sony will be providing a firmware upgrade for the PRS-500?

This is what Sony said at the time of the $100 PRS-500 to PRS-505 upgrade offer: “We’ve also seen the requests from PRS-500 users about making an upgrade available for that model. After lengthy discussion and investigation of different solutions, we determined that such an upgrade would not be technically feasible.”

The term “update solution” is no clearer than the original “update path”. I assume it will be a firmware upgrade (technical feasibility tends to change when money and lawyers get involved, and Sony would definitely get sued if they switched from LRX to ePub without doing something about the PRS-500) but it woud be nice to get confirmation from Sony.

]]> By: Katherine Falk http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1146224 Katherine Falk Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:49:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/03/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-1146224 Excellent news! I still have my 500 and even though I mostly read on my iPhone now, it would be good to be able to use the 500 more. Excellent news! I still have my 500 and even though I mostly read on my iPhone now, it would be good to be able to use the 500 more.

]]> By: Brad Vertrees http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1146223 Brad Vertrees Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/03/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-1146223 I meant to say "I'm glad Sony hasn't forgotten about the 500." I meant to say “I’m glad Sony hasn’t forgotten about the 500.”

]]> By: Brad Vertrees http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1146222 Brad Vertrees Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:45:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/03/sony-prs-500-still-on-track-to-get-epub-upgrade-by-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-1146222 Doh! I loved my PRS-500 but have since upgraded to the Pocket Edition. Oh well, I'm glad Sony has forgotten about the 500. Doh! I loved my PRS-500 but have since upgraded to the Pocket Edition. Oh well, I’m glad Sony has forgotten about the 500.

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