Sony PRS-505 Review
The 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 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.
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. More compact than many paperbacks, it weighs about 9 ounces (without cover), is ½” 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 display1, 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 memory4 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 CONNECT eBooks Store and other participating websites3. You can even go to other sites that have unsecured eBooks in file formats that the Reader supports5. 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 documents10, 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.
Specifications:
- Display Technology: E Ink “Electronic Paper”
- Screen Size: 6″ Measured Diagonally
- Resolution: Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch
- Gray Scale: 4-Level Grey Scale
- Media Formats Supported:
- Unsecured Text: BbeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe PDF10, Microsoft Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC)
- DRM Text: BbeB Book (Marlin)
- Unsecured Audio: MP3 and AAC7
- Image: JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP
- Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
- Battery Life (Approx.): Up to 7,500 continuous 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
System Requirements:
- Genuine Windows XP (Home Edition/Professional,
- Media Center Edition, Media Center Edition 2004, Media Center Edition 2005)& Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate).
- Processor: 800MHz Intel Celeron class processor or better
- RAM: 128 MB Minimum
- Hard Drive: 20MB9 Minimum available Hard Drive space
- Optical Drive: Optical Drive capable of reading CD-ROM
- USB Port: USB 1.1 or faster USB Port (Optimal with USB 2.0)
- Internet Connection: Broadband suggested
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