Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader
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List Price: $299.99
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sony
Display Size: 6
EAN: 0027242723658
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Sony
Model: PRS-505/LC
Modem Description: None
Native Resolution: 6"
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
System Memory Size: 0
System Memory Type: SDRAM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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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
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: So many books, so little time.
Comment: This product is great. Hands down.
It only took me a few minutes to get a real feel for it, once the zoom and reference angle were correct I was in love. I own thousands of books and many have been read and reread hundreds of times. I've purchased a few copies of too many of those books. Paperbacks wear out over time and Hardcovers have become collector items for me. I rarely read a hardcover anymore, as I want to keep most of them in pristine order.
Now though I don't worry about that at all! I buy and download the books I want and have about 40 of them on my reader at all times!
Its perfect for the long business trips I take and works great everywhere from the plane to the hotel rooms. The battery life is amazing and it recharges very fast whether its connected to the computer or to the wall.
A great buy for anyone that travels or likes to read those hard to find collectors books.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very disappointed!
Comment: I'm very disappointed with Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader:
- Responsiveness to button clicks is very slow
- Zoom capabilities are very limited
- Files load slowly
- PDF files require excessive preparation to be visible correctly
I would NOT recommend to purchase this product. Much better just to add $200 to buy a laptop and have much more.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great reader!
Comment: I recently bought this reader direct from Sony. It's a great reader! It feels solid, well made and stylish looking. The screen is very easy on the eyes, I find I can read for hours whereas reading on a computer screen bothered my eyes after a half hour or so. Did you know, using a free program called Calibre eBook Management, you can even download newspapers to your reader, free of charge!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Middle Aged Reader Loves Reading Again
Comment: I've had my Sony Reader 505 for a week and I could hardly be more pleased. I think I've already finished four or five books and I find the display very comfortable to read. For me it's even better than paper. Just the right amount of contrast and I can read for hours. Since hitting middle age and having to wear bifocals I've found reading real paperbacks much slower over the last few years. The Sony Reader has got me back up to speed. Even at the small font size I zip right through the pages and when I'm a bit tired the medium font size makes reading a breeze.
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True the Sony store softwear could be a bit more user friendly, but it's nothing the average computer user can't handle. The Sony store bestsellers are higher than Amazon and that's disappointing, but there are plenty of older releases than I haven't read yet.
Hopefully as more ebook sellers come online prices may come down some. There are also sites like feedbooks.com that have free downloads of out of copyright books. These work fine on the Sony and are no problem to download. The 505 reads the epub format which is the new digital book standard. Things will only get better from here.
Sorry Apple users the Sony Reader only works with Windows XP and Vista. Go to the Sony site and read the specs and you find out this info. Maybe they'll work Apple into the mix at some point.
I considered the Kindle and maybe the next generation Kindle will find me buying my ebooks from Amazon, but right now I'm very happy with my Sony. It's smaller than the Kindle and for me it's the perfect size. (The Kindle is longer, wider and more than twice as thick - but with the same size display.) I even have a few of my favorite mp3s on it and they sound fine. Technology is wonderful. I'm anxious to see what the next few years bring. Maybe a netbook computer with a 2 sided screen; one for eink and the other regular.
For now the Sony Reader is My favorite new gadget.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sony E-Reader
Comment: Avoid this product. As an early adopter and a previous user of the now-defunct Rocket E-Book, I am enthusiastic regarding the potential of e-readers. This product is however doomed also to failure for different reasons. My wife and I each owned a Sony E-reader and used the Sony Store for E book purchases. The reader seemed to function well until a mandatory firmware update was initiated by the software manager in the Sony Library software. The firmware update crashed one of the readers irreparably. Tech support on the site is poor and there is no vendor for aftermarket support. As the original OS is wiped from the device by the aborted firmware upgrade, the device cannot be recognized by the PC or the Library application. Hard and soft resets of the device described in the support site do not work. The only remedy after hours of research and attempts at communication with Sony was to exchange for a refurbished model at nearly the new cost. I discarded the device. Recently the same event occurred with our second reader. The firmware upgrade crashed the device, it cannot be reset, and is useless. Also useless is the library of books I have purchased for the device. Sony has no additional recommendations since it is out of the 90 day waaranty other than to sell me a refurbished device for $250.
This device and its business plan will fail because of the inability of Sony to provide product support and as the financial viability of the Sony E-Reader Store (which has a great selection) depends on customers having working E-Readers, it will also fail. Very disappointed.
Heard good things about Amazon's e-reader, but beware if hardware support is poor, the device will be a costly way to read.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: So many books, so little time.
Comment: This product is great. Hands down.
It only took me a few minutes to get a real feel for it, once the zoom and reference angle were correct I was in love. I own thousands of books and many have been read and reread hundreds of times. I've purchased a few copies of too many of those books. Paperbacks wear out over time and Hardcovers have become collector items for me. I rarely read a hardcover anymore, as I want to keep most of them in pristine order.
Now though I don't worry about that at all! I buy and download the books I want and have about 40 of them on my reader at all times!
Its perfect for the long business trips I take and works great everywhere from the plane to the hotel rooms. The battery life is amazing and it recharges very fast whether its connected to the computer or to the wall.
A great buy for anyone that travels or likes to read those hard to find collectors books.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very disappointed!
Comment: I'm very disappointed with Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader:
- Responsiveness to button clicks is very slow
- Zoom capabilities are very limited
- Files load slowly
- PDF files require excessive preparation to be visible correctly
I would NOT recommend to purchase this product. Much better just to add $200 to buy a laptop and have much more.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great reader!
Comment: I recently bought this reader direct from Sony. It's a great reader! It feels solid, well made and stylish looking. The screen is very easy on the eyes, I find I can read for hours whereas reading on a computer screen bothered my eyes after a half hour or so. Did you know, using a free program called Calibre eBook Management, you can even download newspapers to your reader, free of charge!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Middle Aged Reader Loves Reading Again
Comment: I've had my Sony Reader 505 for a week and I could hardly be more pleased. I think I've already finished four or five books and I find the display very comfortable to read. For me it's even better than paper. Just the right amount of contrast and I can read for hours. Since hitting middle age and having to wear bifocals I've found reading real paperbacks much slower over the last few years. The Sony Reader has got me back up to speed. Even at the small font size I zip right through the pages and when I'm a bit tired the medium font size makes reading a breeze.
[..]
True the Sony store softwear could be a bit more user friendly, but it's nothing the average computer user can't handle. The Sony store bestsellers are higher than Amazon and that's disappointing, but there are plenty of older releases than I haven't read yet.
Hopefully as more ebook sellers come online prices may come down some. There are also sites like feedbooks.com that have free downloads of out of copyright books. These work fine on the Sony and are no problem to download. The 505 reads the epub format which is the new digital book standard. Things will only get better from here.
Sorry Apple users the Sony Reader only works with Windows XP and Vista. Go to the Sony site and read the specs and you find out this info. Maybe they'll work Apple into the mix at some point.
I considered the Kindle and maybe the next generation Kindle will find me buying my ebooks from Amazon, but right now I'm very happy with my Sony. It's smaller than the Kindle and for me it's the perfect size. (The Kindle is longer, wider and more than twice as thick - but with the same size display.) I even have a few of my favorite mp3s on it and they sound fine. Technology is wonderful. I'm anxious to see what the next few years bring. Maybe a netbook computer with a 2 sided screen; one for eink and the other regular.
For now the Sony Reader is My favorite new gadget.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sony E-Reader
Comment: Avoid this product. As an early adopter and a previous user of the now-defunct Rocket E-Book, I am enthusiastic regarding the potential of e-readers. This product is however doomed also to failure for different reasons. My wife and I each owned a Sony E-reader and used the Sony Store for E book purchases. The reader seemed to function well until a mandatory firmware update was initiated by the software manager in the Sony Library software. The firmware update crashed one of the readers irreparably. Tech support on the site is poor and there is no vendor for aftermarket support. As the original OS is wiped from the device by the aborted firmware upgrade, the device cannot be recognized by the PC or the Library application. Hard and soft resets of the device described in the support site do not work. The only remedy after hours of research and attempts at communication with Sony was to exchange for a refurbished model at nearly the new cost. I discarded the device. Recently the same event occurred with our second reader. The firmware upgrade crashed the device, it cannot be reset, and is useless. Also useless is the library of books I have purchased for the device. Sony has no additional recommendations since it is out of the 90 day waaranty other than to sell me a refurbished device for $250.
This device and its business plan will fail because of the inability of Sony to provide product support and as the financial viability of the Sony E-Reader Store (which has a great selection) depends on customers having working E-Readers, it will also fail. Very disappointed.
Heard good things about Amazon's e-reader, but beware if hardware support is poor, the device will be a costly way to read.
Experience the joy of reading a variety of your favorite books?all stored digitally in one compact device. The slimmer, redesigned Reader Digital Book lets you carry a stack of books in one hand. 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 at The eBook Store from Sony, 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. Screen Size - Approx. 6 Measured Diagonally; Resolution - Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch; Gray Scale - 8-Level Grey Scale Up to 7,500 page turns on full charge Audio and picture playback Dual SD Card and Memory Stick(R) Pro Duo Expansion Slot Mountable USB Drive Charges via USB Unit Dimensions (Approx.) - 6.9 x 4.8 x 0.3 (175 x 122 x 8mm) / Weighs 9 ounces Includes Tan Soft Case, USB Cable, Quick Start(TM) Guide, CD-ROM Limited Warranty - Labor- 90 days from the date of purchase; Parts- 1 Year from the date of purchase
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