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PRS-500
The Portable Reader offers a new and convenient digital reading
experience. It boasts an amazing screen with technology
that rivals text on paper. Weighing less than 9 ounces
and at only 1/2" thin, it's more compact than many
paperbacks. Plus, it comes with a soft, black cover and
software that seamlessly allows you to search and browse
thousands of electronic book titles from the Connect™
eBookstore and then easily transfer from your PC to your
Sony Reader with built-in memory and multi-format
support, you can take many of your favorite titles and
documents with you. So compact and convenient, you'll
want to take it everywhere.
Impressive, paper-like display
The Sony® Reader provides a new way to experience
reading. It boasts an impressive 6 inch display1,
utilizing breakthrough E Ink® technology that’s almost
paper-like. In addition, the text can be magnified for
sight-impaired readers. Daylight readable, high
contrast, high resolution, near 180º viewing angle
Ultra portable
The Sony® Reader offers a unique, on-the-go reading
experience. With a very compact and lightweight design,
you can take it almost anywhere. More compact than many
paperbacks, it weighs 9 ounces
(without cover) and is ½” thin.
You can easily hold it in one hand while sipping coffee
with the other. And with its rechargeable battery, you
can turn up to 7,500 continuous pages on a single
charge.
Reduce multiple, large hardcover books into a compact
package for people on-the-go.
Content Storage Capability
The Sony® Reader offers a unique, on-the-go reading
experience. With a very compact and light design you can
take it almost anywhere. And with 64MB of internal
memory,
and a slot for optional removable memory cards you can
take many titles, user-selected Web content, or other
supported documents for reading on the go. Will hold up
to 80 electronic books in internal memory and hundreds
more with Memory Stick® media or SD memory card(sold separately).
Multiple eBook titles available
The Sony® Reader will allow you to search, browse and
discover thousands of popular electronic book titles
from the CONNECT™ eBook online store. You can then
purchase and download these titles to your PC and easily
transfer to your Sony® Reader.
More Than eBooks
The Sony Reader isn’t just about reading electronic
books. Using the included CONNECT™ Reader PC Software,
you can easily transfer Adobe® PDF documents, BBeB Book,
and other text file formats to the Reader.
Also, search, browse and download user-selected RSS Web
content from the CONNECT™ Store to the PC and easily
transfer to the Sony® Reader.
Take along Web newsfeeds, blogs and more to read.
Exceptional Battery life
The Sony® Reader is extremely energy efficient. Its
rechargeable internal battery can power you through up
to 7,500 continues page turns,
so you are ready for the long haul. The battery can be
recharged in as little as 4 hours with the included AC
adapter and even can recharge from your PCs USB port if
you choose.
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