
Sony E-Reader PRS-505SC Digital Book
Sony’s E-Readers have created controversy ever since they were released, with many wondering what is the actually point of a digital library.
With Sony E-Readers RRP-ing at around £229, excluding the thousands of book titles you can buy and download onto it, the Sony E-Reader is not exactly the most cost efficient way of reading your favourite, new or classic titles.
However, I believe there is a lot to be said about the Sony E-Reader. Firstly, the new E-Reader PRS-505SC can hold up to 160 titles at any one time, meaning you can carry around all your favourite stories should you suddenly desire to read one.
It also completely portable, meaning should you be on the road for a very period of time, or you spend a lot of time commuting to and from work, you don’t have to worry about lugging different books around. You can just keep the Sony E-Reader in your bag without worrying about what book to take with you.
The new Sony E-Reader PRS-505SC has been made even more portable due to the new slim design, meaning that it is both light and easy to hold. It is smaller than a typical paperback, is just 8mm thick, is very light due to the aluminium case.
And should you wish to add to the 160 titles you already have saved on the internal memory, you can use MS and SD cards to store even more, which is great considering there are thousands of titles to choose from. There is the possibility to hold up to 13,000 titles, and you can buy E-Reader eBooks titles from www.waterstones.co.uk.
But the E-Reader does not just store and display books; you can also view other document formats such as Adobe® PDF10, RTF, TXT, BBeB® and Microsoft® Word.
The best feature about the E-Reader PRS-505SC is its E-Ink technology, with realistic paper-like pages. Because there is no back light, it means that you can read the E-Reader’s titles even in bright sunlight without loosing readability. The E-Ink technology also means you can read the book up to an angle of 180degrees, great if you are lying down when you read.
The E-Reader is very easy to use, and lists the books by author, title and date. You can bookmark the page you are on as well as fast forward through the book to get to where you want quickly.
The E-Reader PRS-505SC only takes 4 hours to charge fully via a PC/ laptop (USB wire included), and will last for up to 6800 page turns from a single battery charge.
So, for all this technology you know it isn’t going to come cheap, but considering this is fairly new technology, that’s not exactly surprising .
You can buy the cheapest Sony E-Reader PRS-505SC for £219.99 from Play.com
You can buy the cheapest Sony E-Reader PRS-505SC for £219.99 from Amazon.co.uk