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| Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $272.99
You Save: $27.00 (9%)
New (8) Used (1) from $219.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  78 reviews
Media: Electronics
System Memory: 0
Memory Type: SDRAM
Native Resolution: 6"
Modem: None
Display Size: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 0.3 x 4.8 x 6.9
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: PRS-505/LC
Model: PRS-505/LC
UPC: 027242723658
EAN: 0027242723658
ASIN: B000WP2RC2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
personal review for PRS-505 June 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
well. this is A fine e-reader indeed.
however, anyone who wants to purchase this, may need reconsider one's purpose to use it. I simply grade this for reading Electonics paper, thesis, white paper even books.
Good things. easy to use, upload, handy, well shaped.
bad things. not good for any other language, brightness, need to re-format pdf to be visible, lame interfacing speed.
in out region of US, After-Servise would be the problem someday.
you may know "SONY" only support to open their service in the location where you bought thier stuff.
 Fulfills all requirements June 2, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I wanted to create a quick review of the Sony Reader as the other Amazon reviews helped me a lot with deciding whether to purchase:
I spent over a month researching and considering the pro's and con's of this device, both as a technology and as in comparison to Amazon's kindle. I spent almost 4 hours each day commuting and was tired of carrying heavy books with me. I decided to buy and ebook as it would allow me to carry around many books in a lighter package than a standard paper-back. I purchased the Sony Reader as it was smaller and cheaper than the Kindle.
I have not been disappointed. Over the past two weeks I have purchased books online, downloaded free books and converted documents and web pages for my Sony Reader. I have found it to be just as easy on the eyes as a paper-back book, but easier to read as there is no physical page turning involved.
Here would be my point of view on the negatives that I have seen in other reviews:
Poor battery life: I have probably allowed the device to charge for 3 hours over the last two weeks, while I have been copying books onto it. Over those two weeks, while commuting, I am yet to see the battery indicator go below Full.
Poor PDF support: This is a valid point. I am able to view PDFs on the reader, but they are slower and harder to read than normal books. However, I am only interested in the text, so export these to normal .rtf files, and they work great.
Slow page turns: It takes me more time to turn the page of a physical book than it does to hit the button and wait for the screen to refresh. I am a relatively fast reader and have not found my reading interrupted by the page refresh time.
Badly designed software: I did not find the software difficult to use at all. There is also some free software which performs a similar role and works very well.
Poor online book selection: I considered this prior to purchasing the reader. However, it is easy to visit the Sony book store and see if they have enough books of your taste to suffice.
Overall, I am very happy with this purchase so far and hope to continue to be so.
 little screen May 31, 2008
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
I wanted this device to read scientific papers, and the screen resulted too small to be confortable, I think this device is only ok to work with big font size documents, so I wouldn't recommend it
Sony PRS 505 May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Sony 505 is an excellent e-book reader that does exactly what it was intended to do. I chose this reader due to its design and abillity to shop for my e-books using a computer. It was a huge step up from the small screen Palm i have been using. I will recomend this reader everyone who asks about it.Once Sony changes the mp3 software it will get 5 stars from me. I will admit I rarely use this feature anyway.
Sony Reader rocks! May 27, 2008
I purchased the Sony Reader 3 months ago after researching the market. There are many reasons to buy this product including the Sony brand and user friendly sleek design. I use the reader every day and highly recommend the product. Do yourself and the environment a favor and buy the ereader.
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