Sony PRS-505 Portable Digital e-Reader System (Silver)

Product Description:
The new Reader (model PRS-505) features a svelte body design. Re-styled controls more closely mimic paper page turns and allow for quick, intuitive navigation.A next-generation electronic paper display delivers faster response and a higher contrast ratio for easy reading even in bright sunshine. Eight levels of gray scale provide for crisp and clear text, images, and graphics.This device is designed for people on the go, this device is compelling because it allows them to carry a wide variety of reading materials whether they are on a cross-country flight, in a doctor's office waiting room, or at a beach resort. The Reader can handle a stack of books and other documents that people would rather not carry, yet offers a 'book-like' reading experience unavailable with other electronic devices.With the capacity to store up to 160 typical eBooks, the Reader can act as a mobile library. Expansion slots for Memory Stick Duo media or SD memory cards make the device's library potential practically limitless.More advanced users will appreciate the USB-based mass storage capability that allows them to use the device as a portable drive for the direct transfer of documents, images and other files to the Reader. A new auto sync feature also lets users set up folders with books and documents that can be automatically synchronized when the device is connected to a PC.

Features:

• displays eBooks purchased from the CONNECT eBook online store
• displays Adobe® PDFs, plus TXT, RTF, BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG and Microsoft® Word files
• plays MP3 and AAC files (protected files not supported)
• internal 192MB memory
• memory slot holds an SD Memory Card (up to 2GB capacity) and Memory Stick® Duo media (up to 8GB capacity)

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Unreliable
This is a device that I truly want to love, but I've had so many problems with it that I'm going to give up and get a Kindle.

I purchased the PRS-505 right after Christmas and within a week started having problems with the device hanging. It was nearly impossible to get it to reset (there's a super-secret bunch sequence of button presses and incantations you have to chant to hard reset the device). After talking with tech support I ended up returning and exchanging the device. Unfortunately ... Read More
Rating: - Great Little Invention for Reading Addicts
Let's get the negatives out of the way. As has been noted in other reviews, the Sony 505 has problems with displaying pdf files properly. For me, this isn't an issue because all I need the reader for is for reading eBooks. Number two, the Sony eBook website is very slow, clunky, and stupid. The web designers for Sony's eBook site were either hired at a cut rate, or didn't give a hoot about the functionality of it. But after a while, the pain goes away and you'll actually get use to it.

It doesn't ... Read More
Rating: - sony reader
great product, but be careful not to drop it, that's how I lost my previous one. Otherwise, great way to have all your books always with you and not carry great weight. Easy to read, just like regular paper back
Rating: - Initial review
I bought this reader for my wife's birthday but I haven't given her a chance to use it yet!I bought the Sony rather than the Kindle because we live overseas and the wireless connection is useless to us, so why pay extra for it.The Sony fits our needs perfectly.The menus are easy to navigate and the text is plenty big for us... I don't bother with the zoom feature, but it works if you need it.There are some free books on the Sony book store and tons of free books available from Google... sure they are old ... Read More
Rating: - Thoughts from a library worker..
I work in a college library which is considering making the Sony PRS-505 available to patrons.In the meantime, staff members, including myself, get to try them out.I've now had it for about three weeks and I have mixed feelings.

First some pros:

- The screen is surprisingly glare-free and easy on the eyes.
- It's easy enough to work out how to use it if you're the sort of person (like, er, um, well, like me) who would rather play with a piece of technology than read its instructions. ... Read More