Sony offering ePub upgrade / trade-in program for PRS-500 e-read...

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 13:31

Sony's already made its commitment to the ePub e-book format fairly clear, but it does still have a lingering problem with some older e-book readers that don't support the format.

While some of those are beyond hope, the company does now have an upgrade available for the PRS-500 , although it's not quite as simple as you may hope.

Turns out you actually have to send your reader in to Sony to receive the firmware update,...

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