Binding: Electronics Brand: Sony Display Size: 6 inches EAN: 0027242723658 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: PRS-505/LC Modem Description: None Native Resolution: 6' Publisher: Sony Studio: Sony System Memory Size: 0 MB System Memory Type: SDRAM Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features:
Easy to read display - e-paper display with quicker page turns
Premium design - Simple, yet sophisticated with easier navigation
Compact and lightweight
Integrated eBookstore with 20K titles
Up to 7,500 page turns on full charge
Editorial Review:
Product DescriptionThe Reader Digital Book holds about 160 eBooks or hundreds more with optional removable memory cards. Its portable size makes it the perfect travel companion, allowing you to read a variety of books whenever and wherever you want. With thousands of eBook titles available from the CONNECT eBooks Store, you can choose to download new releases, classics and popular book titles as well as view other document formats such as Adobe PDF10, RTF, TXT, BBeB and Microsoft Word. Its long battery life lasts up to 7,500 continuous page turns, and the amazing paper-like screen technology is easy on the eyes.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Love it!
Love the reader! Very light, nice screen (could be a little bit larger?). The word files are easily transferred and automaticaly formatted to RTF. One of the things I disliked is the + button (font size) in the left, the tiny button is OK, but misplaced, touch it accidentally twice in the first 10 pages! And the PDF is almost useless, at least for me, the fonts remains way too small, but you can copy the whole book, paste it in "word", and select the ideal font and size for you. Takes you 5 minutes ... Read More
Rating: - Caution urged for those with astigmatism or unusual lens Rx
After doing a tremendous amount of research, I asked for & received one of these readers for my birthday. I had heard nothing but rave reviews about e-ink and e-paper, readability and the low/no eyestrain produced by this great technology. In all fairness, I will say that is seems like a wonderful device and thus far, it operates as advertised.
Unfortunately for me, I had not read my new ebook for more than 15 minutes when I experienced massive eyestrain, a migraine-level headache ... Read More
Rating: - Poor Quality and Lousy Customer Service
Product stopped working after 7 months. Sony store where it was purcahsed refused to take it back and sent me to customer service. Customer service wanted to charge me for a replacement and when I balked they sent me to a customer service manager that negotiated the rate down but still wanted to charge me. In addition -- being forced to send the unit back at my cost.
Given the cost of the unit I would have expected better build quality and better customer service. Will bite the bullet ... Read More
Rating: - Too costly
I love the idea of this thing. I love the feel of it. And I thought it was going to be so practical, but it turns out it just is not.
I travel a great deal and fill in the time by reading. It's annoying having to pack three or four books just to get through a trip, to know that you're going to have to haul them around--already read--at the other end of your trip. So this was a great thing for me.
But it's expensive. Even the initial cost is a little high, but then to find out ... Read More
Rating: - Sony Blue not for Europe
Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader
This Reader should not be sold to Europe because you need a Visa card with an American address to order books to read.
The manual and the "interface" are not up to Apple standard. A large manual like a map of USA where you have to jump around from digit 1 to digit 9 to make any sense of the product is not a nice introduction.
If you are not very young you can't read commercial PDFs, the text gets too small and you can't increase it very much. ... Read More
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- Love it!
- Caution urged for those with astigmatism or unusual lens Rx
- Too costly
- Sony Blue not for Europe