Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

2010-07-07 Thread Harry Rickards
On 7 July 2010 19:30, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > I have the PRS-505 which just mounts as a storage device in Ubuntu and > works great with Calibre. > > As far as I remember the PRS-300 is a bit skimpy with storage space and, > I could be wrong here, doesn't take storage cards. Yeah, it's only got 512

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

2010-07-07 Thread Ronnie Tucker
I have the PRS-505 which just mounts as a storage device in Ubuntu and works great with Calibre. As far as I remember the PRS-300 is a bit skimpy with storage space and, I could be wrong here, doesn't take storage cards. Try for a PRS-505, if possible. I got mine new from Play.com for £140 a y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

2010-07-07 Thread beef
I have used the sony ereader touch which I think is the prs-300. Works fine on ubuntu 9.10 for me :) On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Harry Rickards wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a budget of around £90 to spend on a second hand ebook > reader, and I'm looking at bidding on a Sony PRS-300 on eBay. Has

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

2010-07-07 Thread Harry Rickards
Hi, I've got a budget of around £90 to spend on a second hand ebook reader, and I'm looking at bidding on a Sony PRS-300 on eBay. Has anyone had any good/bad experience with this particular device, and has anyone had any experiences with using ebook readers on linux (I'm planning to use calibre)?