Sony Reader

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...

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...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...

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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...

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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...

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...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...

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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...

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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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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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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

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...

In this article: Sony, Silver, and E Ink