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Kindle, Nook and Other E-Readers to Take Off in 2010 (PC World)...Barnes & Noble claims it can't keep up with customer demand for its new Nook e-reader. Meanwhile, a host of competitors, including the Sony Reader and lesser-known products from Plastic Logic (Que), Foxit Software (eSlick), and others,... In this article: Sony Reader, Google, Barnes & Noble, Foxit Software, Yahoo, Sony, and South Dakota |
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PC World: Latest Technology News | 1 day ago
Kindle, Nook and Other E-Readers to Take Off in 2010
When the original Kindle debuted two years ago, it cost $400. Its successor, the Kindle 2, now costs $259, as does the Nook. One Sony Reader, the Pocket Edition, is a relatively cheap $200, although most users would likely prefer the...
In this article: Google, Chrome OS, Recession, Microsoft, Iphone, Apple, and Sony
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Cnet | 3 days ago
How to find free e-books for your Kindle
...make a big deal of the fact that their e-book readers are compatible with the ePub file format. That means, unlike the Kindle, that the Sony Reader and forthcoming B&N Nook (as well as other e-readers) can be used to read tens of thousands...
In this article: Google Books, William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Barnes & Noble, Iphone, Sony, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, and Arthur Conan Doyle
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 5 days ago
Will 2010 be the breakout year for e-book readers?
Mike Erickson, of Webster Groves, checks out a Sony Reader an e-book at Best Buy, Friday aternoon. "I'm just waiting to see what other kinds of books will be available." Erickson said. Erickson is at the Best Buy in Brentwood. (Dawn...
In this article: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Lance Ulanoff, and Best Buy
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International Herald Tribune | November 18, 2009
New Sony Reader May Miss Christmas for Some
The Sony Daily Edition Reader might seem like a fine holiday gift. Unlike the other Sony e-reading devices sold in stores now, it has a spacious 7-inch touchscreen and wireless access to Sony's online bookstore and newsstand. The only...
In this article: Sony, Nate Berkus, Redbox, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Iphone, and Wal-Mart
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays
...for the holidays. Like rival Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, the Daily Edition will be able to download books wirelessly - a first for a Sony Reader. Sony began pre-selling the product Wednesday through its Sony Style Web site, and the site says...
In this article: Sony Corp., Amazon.com Inc, and Style
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I4U News | November 18, 2009
Sony Reader Daily Edition Available For Pre-Order
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:45 CST | by Robert Evans Do you have a maddeningly powerful, nigh-unsatisfiable thirst for a Sony Reader? Probably not. But if you think the Reader Daily Edition sounds like a cool gadget, you can pre-order...
In this article: Sony, Bankruptcy, and Barnes & Noble
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Engadget | November 18, 2009
Sony Reader follows Kindle to the Great White North, conquers entire high school (video)
Why, it was just yesterday that Amazon finally acknowledged the existence of our friendly neighbors to the north, saying "Why not?" before shipping a few Kindles northward. Now Sony is announcing its Reader is also set to take off, but in a...
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The Register | November 17, 2009
Sony Reader PRS-300 Pocket Edition
A nice enough device, but stripped of some significant core abilities offered by the Reader Touch Edition. Rating Review With the price of the Reader PRS-600 Touch Edition having been hiked up by 25 per cent over the original PRS-505,...
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300) E-Book Reader
The Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300) is about as inexpensive as e-book readers corrently get: $199 for a slim gadget with a 5-inch, 8-grayscale E Ink screen. It lacks extras that some competitors (most notably the similarly priced Astak...
In this article: Sony, Adobe Digital Editions, Amazon Kindle, Web-based, Microsoft Word, E Ink, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst, and Philippa Gregory
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600)
The Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600) is Sony's new flagship e-book reader, offers something we haven't seen in previous Sony Readers: a touchscreen and stylus for navigating and for creating drawings and handwritten notes. Whether this...
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Sony Reader is an e-book reader. It uses an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation that has 166 dpi resolution, eight levels of grayscale (16 in the PRS-2121 model), is viewable in direct sunlight, requires no power to maintain a static image, and is usable in portrait or landscape orientation. The reader uses an iTunes Store-like interface to purchase books from Sony Connect eBook store. It also can display Adobe PDFs, ePub format, personal documents, blogs, RSS newsfeeds, JPEGs, and Sony's proprietary BBeB ("BroadBand eBook") format. The Reader can play MP3 and unencrypted AAC audio files.
The digital rights management rules of the Reader allow any purchased e-book to be read on up to six devices, at least one of which must be a personal computer running Windows or Mac OS X. Although the owner cannot share purchased eBooks on others' devices and accounts, the ability to register five Readers to a single account and share books accordingly is a possible workaround.
The Sony Reader competes with other e-paper devices: the Amazon Kindle, iRex iLiad, the Jinke Hanlin eReader, and CyBook by Bookeen.
=Models and availability=
There have been six models to date. The PRS-500 was made available in the United States in September 2006. On 1 November 2006, Readers went on display and for sale at Borders bookstores throughout the US. Borders had an exclusive contract for the Reader until the end of 2006. From April 2007, Sony Reader has been sold in the US by multiple merchants, including Fry's, Costco, Borders and Best Buy. The eBook Store from Sony is only available to U.S. or Canadian residents or to customers who purchased a U.S.-model reader with bundled eBook Store credit.
- Name:
- Sony Reader Family
- Preceded By:
- PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-700
- Connectivity:
- USB 2.0
- OS:
- MontaVista Linux (device), Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (client software)
- Manufacturer:
- Sony
- Inputs:
- Touchscreen
- Battery:
- Lithium-ion
- Availability:
- August 25, 2009
- Memory:
- 420 MB Accessible
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