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Sony Reader Digital Book

Model #: SON   PRS505


 

• Easily portable
• 6" display
• Holds up to 160 eBooks
• Memory card slot
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Product description

Sony Reader Digital Book

Features

Ultra portable: The Reader Digital Book offers a unique, on-the-go reading experience and is the perfect travel companion. With a compact and lightweight design, you can take it almost anywhere and read your books whenever and wherever you want. It weighs about 9 ounces (without cover), is 1/3” thin, and holds up to 160 eBooks. You can easily hold it in one hand, and with its rechargeable battery, you can turn up to 7,500 continuous pages on a single charge.

Impressive, paper-like display: The Reader Digital Book provides a new way to experience reading. It boasts an impressive 6-inch display, utilizing breakthrough E Ink technology that’s almost paper-like, making it easy to read, even in bright sunshine. In addition, the screen allows for high contrast and high resolution, with a near 180º viewing angle. The text can also be magnified for sight-impaired readers.

Content storage capability: With a compact and lightweight design you can take the Reader Digital Book almost anywhere. And with plenty of internal memory, and a slot for optional removable memory cards, you can take hundreds of titles, user-selected Web content, or other supported documents for reading on the go. It will hold approximately 160 averaged sized eBooks in internal memory and hundreds more with optional removable memory cards.

Multiple eBook titles available: The Reader Digital Book allows you to search, browse, discover, and buy thousands of new releases, classics and popular eBook titles from the Integrated eBook Store and other participating websites. You can even go to other sites that have unsecured eBooks in file formats that the Reader supports. This translates into an incredible amount of content suitable for the Reader.

More than eBooks: The Reader Digital Book isn’t just about reading eBooks. Using the included eBook Library 2.0 PC Software, you can easily transfer Adobe PDF documents, Microsoft Word documents, BBeB Book, and other text file formats to the Reader, allowing you the flexibility to access and view multiple files at any time.

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Specifications

Sony Reader Digital Book

General features
Operating system Microsoft® Windows
Built-in memory ? 128MB
MP3 playback Yes
USB port ? Yes
Expansion slot ? Yes
Bluetooth capability ? No
Wifi capability No
UPC 027242723658
Manufacturer's part number PRS505

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Customer ratings and reviews

Sony Reader Digital Book

Average customer ratings
Based on 25 ratings

Features
4.5
Design
4.6
Ease of Use
4.3
Cost-Benefit
3.1
Overall rating
4.1

Most helpful review (based on customer feedback)

Features
5
Design
5
Ease of Use
5
Cost-Benefit
3
Overall rating
4.5

Much lighter than an armload of books!
Reviewer: C. from Richmond, VA on Dec 4, 2007
145 out of 154 found this review helpful

I love this gadget. It's small, light, and fits into any purse I happen to be carrying. The resolution is incredible -- it's just as easy to read as a paper book. There's even a button which 'folds down' the page corner to mark your place in case you accidentally hold the advance button down too long and shoot past the page you want.

Downloading e-books is a breeze, and generally the cost is on a par that of a hard copy book. Look for specials, like older titles lumped together. (I got an awsome deal on three Dean Koontz books for less than $20!)

Let's face it: this not something you *need*. But you travel or on vacation, or just love to read and don't want ot carry a ton of books with you, this is a smart, beautiful solution. I love this thing!

Recent reviews

Features
5
Design
5
Ease of Use
5
Cost-Benefit
5
Overall rating
5.0

Love it!!!
Reviewer: tnvolfan from Rutledge, TN on Nov 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My husband bought this for me for Christmas. We opened it and tried it out just to make sure....I love it!!! If you like to read this is a MUST HAVE! Everytime we go on vacation I pack a bag of books (not kidding) because I never know which book I'll want to read when we get there. I like it because I have a HUGE variety of books that I've downloaded to choose from. My husband likes it because he ususally has to carry the book bag that I've packed :)

Features
5
Design
5
Ease of Use
5
Cost-Benefit
5
Overall rating
5.0

Great Product. I just fell in love
Reviewer: D C from Tigard, OR on Oct 13, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

When I first got the product it was more on a whim. I don't read too much but I decided to make an effort with it and I figured that If I spent the money I would force myself to get into the habit.

This Sony Reader makes reading so easy and fun I can'tput it down. I downloaded a few books and just went through them in the first weekend. The screen is so nice to read and it's amazing how nice it is to change pages with a button instead of contantly flipping pages. bookmarking and history make loosing your spot impossible. Music can be played during reading that also addes to shut out all distractions.

The feel of the reader is quite nice and the size fits in my briefcase, backpack and inside coat pocket fine. It's extremely light so when my wifeand I go shopping and I have 'purse duty' while she is changing I just sit back and read a bit.

At first I didn't like the fact that it didn't have a back light and I was considering spending another $100 on the prs-700 but since I got it I found thatI really don't read in the dark anyway. Small amount of light makes it easy to read and a standard $5.00 booklight from the store lights up the screen perfect.

Overall I'm very satisfied with my purchase and I would recommend this to a friend.

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Sony Reader Digital Book

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Also in the box

Sony Reader Digital Book

• Quick Start Guide
• Soft case
• CD-ROM
• USB cable

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Warranty information

Sony Reader Digital Book

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Parts 12 months
Labor 3 months

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