Sony E Book Reader Review (Pocket Edition)
What Makes the Sony E Book Reader Special?
Book lovers will definitely become star-eyed once they get their hands on the new Sony E Book Reader. More specifically, Sony’s new pocket edition has got book-lovers-on-a-budget all over the digital version of their oh-so-loved books. With the help of this relatively inexpensive, small, digital e book reader, they can satiate their desire for books while on the go.
The Sony E Book Reader PRS-300 pocket edition has a very high resolution. What this means for the reader is that the text will be very fine and will provide incredible realness to the reading experience. One will feel as though he or she is reading a printout, not a digital image. Another great benefit of this powerful screen is that you can read it in direct sunlight. It is also usable in portrait or landscape orientation. Despite the great resolution that Sony’s E Book reader has, Sony seems to have taken into account the amount of energy this consumes and in response have designed the reader to last up to 2 full weeks (7500 continuous page turns) in a single charge. Display of works on the Pocket Edition e book reader can be in multiple formats including ePub, BBeB, PDF, Microsoft Word and other text file formats including Adobe PDF. On the internal memory (memory that comes included with the reader) users can store up to 350 E books or the equivalent of many documents on it. Memory cards can be used for storing additional e-books if you were to run out of memory. The user also has back buttons for automatic holding of the pages for quickly retrieving references later on. You can do charging of the device with an AC Adapter or a USB cable.
The touch screen used to turn pages has been highly developed and is as great in response as the iPod Touch or an iPhone. If you own any of those two devices you will not be disappointed by the equally smooth touch to turn technology on the Reader. Furthermore, with the gray navigating power and faster processor, the Sony e book reader makes it a breeze to get books. The user can either download from the massive archive of free books provided by Google Books, or the user can buy books for the Reader Store (online) or check out books from libraries which support E Book technology.
The user is also provided a stylus pen which helps in highlighting and searching for keywords in order to make notes. The Sony Pocket Edition is fairly light weighing only 7.76 ounces. It is also very traveler friendly due to its small size: half a centimeter thick and its screen measures 3 inches wide and 4 inches long. The entire e reader measures 4 1/4 inches width and 6 1/4 inches length. You have 3 adjustable font sizes and you have the option of shifting from the portrait view to an enlarged landscape view for easy reading that may enable even sight-impaired people to view and read the e-books. The Sony E Book Reader memory capacity is 512 Mb but the user capacity is only 440MB due to formatting and other system required operations.
The Sony e book reader offers great everyday-use features like free viewing of PDF files, no need of an Internet connection, access to blogs and RSS feeds free of cost and a memory card in the welcome kit.
The LCD screen uses the unique e-ink technology using Vizplex' film on the surface. What this does is it makes the screen look like an actual sheet a paper which results in great realism- one feels as though he is reading a real book. This e-ink technology is something revolutionary in the sense that 40% of the light that is received is deflected so that only reflected light is used- this makes outdoor reading in direct sunlight very easy and comfortable. The Reader Library 3.0 software available on the Pocket Edition makes it compatible with both Mac and PC and hence users can enjoy using this device regardless of their desktop preferences.
The side-navigation buttons make browsing through menus easy and give it the feel of being an iPod. With the wheel situated in the center, you can navigate between books and documents and easily turn pages. Separate buttons for "Home", "Back", "Bookmark" and for changing font sizes have been provided on the Sony e-book reader. Because of its small size and weightless nature, you can carry it easily in your purse or in your pocket. Hence it is rightly called the Pocket Edition.
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