Posted on 11/06/2009 9:44:53 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Revised edition: Sony's PRS-600 Reader Touch
Now Sony has released its next-generation Reader, the PRS-600, which does indeed have a touch screen, hence its 'Touch Edition' moniker. Having asked, we have received. But should we grateful?
Look at the Touch from any direction other than face on and the differences between it and the old Reader are a hard to discern. At 121 x 174 x 10mm, it's a shade shorter and narrower but just over 2mm thicker than the original. At 286g it's also 26g heaver than the old model.
Like the 505, the 600 has an aluminium case which makes for a solid and flex-free bit of kit that should last the course. In order to keep the front as clear as possible, all the necessary ports, sockets and switches are crammed into the top and bottom edges of the device.
Up top there are slots for both SD and Memory Stick Duo storage expansion, along with the on/off switch and a stylus – more on this below – while down below sit a 3.5mm headphones jack, mini USB port and power socket. Since Sony doesn't bundle a power adaptor, you'll have recharge the 600 using the supplied USB cable and a handy powered-up personal computer. This takes four hours opposed to just two with a 5.2V mains charger.
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I’m using the Astak EZReader Pocket Pro.
I wish they had had these 40 years ago.
Not sure what the guts of this are...
Had not heard of that one....but am just getting interested in these devices.
I have a 505. It is the best gadget ever. In fact I bought another for my son and will probably buy a couple of the new readers for other members of the family. Beware of the Kindle and its proprietary format.
sounds pretty cool. I wish they had bigger screens though
Look around this site, and follow the news section in their forums.
I bought my wife a Sony PRS 505 in February, and got my Pocket Pro in September. While not a PDA or computer replacement you can read for typically 2 or 3 weeks on a charge, the text can be however large you need to avoid reading glasses.
The text is wonderful in bright sunlight, unlike my PDA. It also doesn’t have pages blowing in the wind on a gusty day. These are wonderful for fishing trips or camping. take 2 or 3 hundred of your favorite books along.
See #7.
Foxit's eSlick ereader now supports EPUB, puts Kindle to shame
Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader leaks a bit early: $259, pre-orders are live (video)
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Looks like all those whispers were true -- the "Android-based" nook is alive and well, and it's calling itself the planet's "most advanced e-book reader." Measuring 7.7- x 4.9- x 0.5-inches and weighing 11.2 ounces, the device includes a top e-ink display from Vizplex and a color touchscreen (3.5-inches) below, which supports one-touch control and swipe-to-browse books with full-color covers.
That is the deal breaker with teh kindle.
Howeever I am leery of Sony and its tendency to also be proprietary and dead end their gadgets.
Help! I’m stoopid. I don’t get these things. How in the world can you read books on these things? The screens are SO small that all you’d be doing is wearing your fingers to a nub scrolling. Seems like you’d get a paragraph per page at best?
The Kindle which I own has bars along each side, just a tap with your thumb advances the content.
this does sound like the next gen of ebook readers
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