Christmas Gift Idea – Sony PRS 505s Reader eBook – The Electronic Book!
The Sony PRS 505 Reader eBook - an electronic book!
Got a bookworm in your family? I know I have – several in fact – all of whom would love the product that I’m here to talk about today: The Sony PRS 505s Reader eBook.
What Is The Sony PRS 505s Reader?
A good place to start, particularly when a product has a name which doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, is by giving you the “common name” instead of the gadget equivalent of a plant name in Latin (which no-one but the most avid gardener can remember!) – that’s quite simple, its Reader eBook.
Simple, eh?
A book, but its electronic! So, rather than using paper and ink, there is a screen from which the books “pages” are displayed.
Think of it as an iPod, only for books.
Won’t That Hurt My Eyes?
This is the first question most people reel off whenever I mention the idea of electonic books, and therefore its one that the product manufacturers, Sony, wanted to dispell straight off the bat. So here is how they skillfully avoided this issue altogether: “Unlike a PC, screen has no backlight or flicker to give the experience of reading a paper page”(Source, Sony)
That’s great news! Reading from the screen of this PRS 505s (lets just call it the Sony Reader from now on, eh?) is designed to be just like reading from a paper page.
How Much To Pay & Where to Purchase?
There are a whole heap of online retailers who have the Sony Reader eBook in stock, ready for all us eager-readers to part with our hard-earned, including the following:
UK Online Retailers:
US Online Retailers:
Sony’s Description
Sony describe their Reader here:
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. The Reader Digital Book is available in Silver, Dark Blue and Sangria Red
Please note that the above reference to the eBook stores relates only to US & Canada customers – in the UK, Waterstones are offering eBooks which are immediately compatible with this reader.
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One thing I do wonder though, is how this machine will cope with my penchant for reading in the bath??? Does it come with a waterproof cover?
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