Given the leaked product pages for the new Sony PRS-T2 ebook reader that turned up on J&R.com Thursday night (they’ve since been taken down) and the fact the PRS-T1 is no longer for sale on Sony’s website, there is a very good chance that Sony will make an official announcement about the release of the […]
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New Sony Reader PRS-T2 Turns up For Pre-Order at J&R
We all knew Sony was planning on releasing a successor to their PRS-T1 ebook reader when the PRS-T2 went through the FCC last month, and while Sony has yet to release any official information on their new ereader, the Sony Reader PRS-T2 has turned up for pre-order for $129 from J&R.com in three colors: black, […]
New Sony Reader PRS-T2 Coming Soon, What New Features Will it Have?
Every year around August to November Sony releases a new ebook reader, and like clockwork, it looks like Sony is already preparing to release a successor to the Sony Reader PRS-T1 from last year. The Sony PRS-T2 showed up on the FCC website this week. The big question, though, is what new features does it […]
Sony’s UK eBook Store Now Live – Sony Reader Store UK
Sony has finally launched the Reader Store UK to give ebook readers across the pond another choice when purchasing ebooks. Up until now, Sony only sold ebooks to the US, Canada, and Japan. Sony Reader customers in the UK had to get ebook through other sources like Waterstones, WHSmith, and Feedbooks.
Another New Firmware Update for Sony Reader PRS-T1
Sony has issued another firmware update for the Sony PRS-T1 that enhances performance and addresses an issue that some folks have when turning pages using the touchscreen and having it mysteriously activate the dictionary instead. This update is the second in the past two months. In the past Sony was notorious for seldom releasing firmware […]
New Homescreen for Rooted Sony PRS-T1 Adds App Drawer, Custom Shortcuts
If you saw the video I posted the other day showing the partial refresh trick on the Sony PRS-T1, you probably noticed the modified homescreen on my PRS-T1 that looks just like the regular homescreen but adds some nifty new features. The new homescreen has three pages instead of two. The third page is an […]
Using Text to Speech on a Rooted Sony Reader PRS-T1
The Amazon Kindle is no longer the only major E Ink ereader to have text-to-speech. The Sony Reader PRS-T1 is now capable of offering TTS as well, but there are a couple of catches, 1) the PRS-T1 has to be rooted and 2) text-to-speech will only work with DRM-free ebooks. The minimal rooting package for […]
How to Enter Partial Refresh Mode on Sony PRS-T1 (Video)
Yesterday, thanks to a tip via MobileRead, I discovered a simple trick to get the Sony PRS-T1 to enter into a semi-permanent partial page refresh state. This is very handy for scrolling through lists like with the Dropbox app and root explorer, and makes some games and other Android apps work better too. This probably […]