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  | Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Digital Reader Book (Silver)£149.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £269.99 | You save: £120.00 (44%) In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours |
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- Key Features:
- Holds around 160 electronic books - expandable to more than 13,000 with a memory card
- Easy-to-read, 6" eInk screen gives the feeling of reading a paper page
- Smaller than a typical paperback - just 8mm thick
- Intuitive controls and simple menu
- You can add bookmarks, scroll smoothly down the page, read page-by-page or "fast forward" through the book
- 7000 page turns from a single battery charge
- Specifications
- Dimensions (Approx.): 6.9" x 4.8" x 0.3".6 (175 x 122 x 8mm)
- Screen Size: Approx. 6" measured diagonally
- Weight (Approx.): 9oz. without soft cover
- Resolution: Approx. 170 pixels per inch
- Grey Scale: 8-level grey scale
- Unsecured Text: BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC)
- DRM Text: BBeB Book (Marlin)
- Unsecured audio: Use with headphones to listen to music while you read (mp3 or AAC files).
- Images: Reader can also display most common image and photo file types. NB images are black and white, not colour
- Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
- Battery Life (Approx.): Up to 6,800 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
- Capacity: MemoryStick DUO and SD Card slots allow you to optionally increase capacity up to around 13000 titles
The great thing about books is that there's one for every mood. One day you might want to read a classic, the next a comedy. With Reader you can access your entire library any time; any place so, whatever mood you're in, you can find the perfect read. With its incredibly long battery life you can devour nearly 7,000 pages between charges. Even if you're on a long haul flight, you can rest assured that the Reader will keep you entertained from take off to touch down.
Portability
Imagine taking 160 books on holiday. Imagine having the right book on the train - whatever mood you're in. Imagine an electronic device that could hold your whole library. With Reader you can stop imagining. Smaller than a normal paperback, just 8mm "thin", you can pop it in your pocket and find the perfect read, wherever you are.
Revolutionary Display
Reader uses e-Ink technology to create the look of traditional print on its 6" screen so you'll feel like you're reading from paper. There's no backlight so there's no strain on your eyes, no flickering screen to distract you and, for a really relaxing read, you can even take it outside on sunny days.
Easy To Use
Navigating around Reader is simple, with functionality that's intuitive and straightforward.
Concerned about the text size? Don't worry. The magnifying function lets you zoom in on the text.
Worried about losing your place? The bookmarking button lets you mark pages to come back to. You can skip backward and forwards and read more than one book at a time without getting lost.
Going on a long trip? With one single charge of the battery you can turn nearly 7,000 pages.
Picture This
Reader can also display most common image and photo file types as greyscale images so you can see illustrations and pictures in books - even read a comic - as you would if it was printed on paper.
More Than Just A Good Read
If you want a break from reading or you like to listen to music while you read, put on your headphones and enjoy the Reader's in-built mp3 player. It's easy to import both MP3 and AAC files. Simply drag and drop files from your computer onto the Reader. You can create your own library of music and access it any time.
Store Thousands Of Titles
Using the in-built memory, you can store around 160 books - which is a lot of reading. But if that's simply not enough you can increase the Reader's capacity up to around 13,000 titles using MemoryStick DUO or SD Cards.
Huge Choice Of Titles Available
Hundreds of thousands of titles are now available as ebooks - fiction and non-fiction, adventure to academia. Thousands more are being added each month, and new titles are being added daily.
Average rating (23 reviews)
Buyer Beware
lilah2941 | 27/06/2009 | See all lilah2941's reviews (1) »
This was bought for me as a Christmas gift because I am always carrying about lots of reading material. Wondered if anyone else out there had this problem.
Was in the middle of reading a book on my ereader, had it just a few weeks only on 3rd book, when I changed the page the top right corner disappeared.
Contacted the seller, they sent us to Sony. Sony took it in, there was no sign of damage yet we were told the screen was broken and would cost nearly £170 to fix. It hadn't been damaged by us and there was no sign of damage visible except for missing top of screen. I read that someone else had this problem but they had dropped it, all my ereader had done was sit on my bedside table!
Play.com, no help just keep sending us back to Sony as we are covered by warentee, Sony, downright unhelpful and even want to charge us to get the thing back. Warning all thinking of buying this product, seems it must be treated with kid gloves, total waste of money
Fantastic bit of kit
chococat | 25/06/2009 | See all chococat's reviews (2) »
Really impressed with this gadget as it saves so much room at home on the book shelf, also found a great place to buy Decal covers to customize my new toy from a seller on E bay called Wickedecalskinz really great quality and protection.
Attractive but not very practical.
khtran1 | 23/06/2009 | See all khtran1's reviews (1) »
