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Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Digital Reader Book Silver
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Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Digital Reader Book Silver

Customer rating on Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Digital Reader Book Silver : 4.5 out of 5 stars ( 39 customer ratings )

Specifications

 

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  • Key Features:
  • Holds around 160 electronic books - expandable to more than 13,000 with a memory card
  • Easy-to-read, 6" eInk screen gives the feeling of reading a paper page
  • Smaller than a typical paperback - just 8mm thick
  • Intuitive controls and simple menu
  • You can add bookmarks, scroll smoothly down the page, read page-by-page or "fast forward" through the book
  • 7000 page turns from a single battery charge
  • Comes with 100 classic books
  • Specifications
  • Dimensions (Approx.): 6.9" x 4.8" x 0.3".6 (175 x 122 x 8mm)
  • Screen Size: Approx. 6" measured diagonally
  • Weight (Approx.): 9oz. without soft cover
  • Resolution: Approx. 170 pixels per inch
  • Grey Scale: 8-level grey scale
  • Unsecured Text: BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC)
  • DRM Text: BBeB Book (Marlin)
  • Unsecured audio: Use with headphones to listen to music while you read (mp3 or AAC files).
  • Images: Reader can also display most common image and photo file types. NB images are black and white, not colour
  • Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
  • Battery Life (Approx.): Up to 6,800 page turns
  • Recharging Time: Approx. 4 hours with USB charging from powered computer or approx. 2 hours when using optional AC wall charger
  • AC Power: Optional AC charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz
  • Capacity: MemoryStick DUO and SD Card slots allow you to optionally increase capacity up to around 13000 titles

Description

 

The great thing about books is that there's one for every mood. One day you might want to read a classic, the next a comedy. With Reader you can access your entire library any time; any place so, whatever mood you're in, you can find the perfect read. With its incredibly long battery life you can devour nearly 7,000 pages between charges. Even if you're on a long haul flight, you can rest assured that the Reader will keep you entertained from take off to touch down.


Portability
Imagine taking 160 books on holiday. Imagine having the right book on the train - whatever mood you're in. Imagine an electronic device that could hold your whole library. With Reader you can stop imagining. Smaller than a normal paperback, just 8mm "thin", you can pop it in your pocket and find the perfect read, wherever you are.



Revolutionary Display
Reader uses e-Ink technology to create the look of traditional print on its 6" screen so you'll feel like you're reading from paper. There's no backlight so there's no strain on your eyes, no flickering screen to distract you and, for a really relaxing read, you can even take it outside on sunny days.



Easy To Use
Navigating around Reader is simple, with functionality that's intuitive and straightforward.
Concerned about the text size? Don't worry. The magnifying function lets you zoom in on the text.
Worried about losing your place? The bookmarking button lets you mark pages to come back to. You can skip backward and forwards and read more than one book at a time without getting lost.
Going on a long trip? With one single charge of the battery you can turn nearly 7,000 pages.



Picture This
Reader can also display most common image and photo file types as greyscale images so you can see illustrations and pictures in books - even read a comic - as you would if it was printed on paper.



More Than Just A Good Read
If you want a break from reading or you like to listen to music while you read, put on your headphones and enjoy the Reader's in-built mp3 player. It's easy to import both MP3 and AAC files. Simply drag and drop files from your computer onto the Reader. You can create your own library of music and access it any time.



Store Thousands Of Titles
Using the in-built memory, you can store around 160 books - which is a lot of reading. But if that's simply not enough you can increase the Reader's capacity up to around 13,000 titles using MemoryStick DUO or SD Cards.



Huge Choice Of Titles Available
Hundreds of thousands of titles are now available as ebooks - fiction and non-fiction, adventure to academia. Thousands more are being added each month, and new titles are being added daily.



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Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Digital Reader Book Silver : 4.5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (39 reviews)

Customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars Not perfected

Russell76 | 08/11/2009 | See all Russell76's reviews (1) »

Impressed at first, especially the ability to copy pdfs and word docos so i can copy/paste articles off the net or notes for work and read on train. However, on first day it crashed completey during start of long train journey. Upon resetting, it lost all its battery power. It is also slower than i thought it would be when going through the menus; backlighting would be an improvement also. A plus is charging via usb on pc. A built in mp3 player is ok but not needed as people have ipods/mp3 players anyway these days.

Overall, its good - but definite scope for improvement. Touch screen would be a better interface

Customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars Wonderful Kit, pants software and too fragile.....

EnglishDeath | 09/10/2009 | See all EnglishDeath's reviews (124) »

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Cool Kit

Omnicognate | 28/09/2009 | See all Omnicognate's reviews (3) »

I wont ramble on about the technical items here. I'm a gadget freak, always have been, and this is a seriously cool piece of kit. I am also pathalogically incapable of throwing books away and my house is not all that big so I seriously needed some way of not filling the house up any more. This thing looks really cool and works really well. For reading the screen quality is excellent. It's pretty cool for photo's too (nice to see them in black and white).

If you buy one of these and don't like it, I think you have missed the point of what it is and what it is for. There is more content out there than you you could ever read and certainly if you travel (or even if you dont) this is just the best thing since the iPod. Buy one, you'll love it.

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