Sony announced that its E-reader is ready and pre-orders are available at sonystyle.com.
The PRS-500 tablet-like shape features a high-resolution display designed to mimic traditional paper and is readable even in bright sunlight. With battery life equivalent to roughly 7,500 continuous page turns (it can be recharged in 4 hours), readers can store and display personal documents in Adobe PDF format, RTF, text, JPEG photos and selected RSS feeds from blogs and news sites.
Sony today also announced its CONNECT eBook store with more than 10,000 eBook titles available. And for a limited time, when a Reader is registered on the CONNECT site, people will receive a $50 credit towards the purchase of eBooks online.
"Today, we're writing a new chapter in digital technology for reading. Easy and enjoyable to use, the Reader fulfills the promise of electronic reading in a way that no other device has been able to do. Not intended to replace traditional books, but to supplement them, the Sony Reader allows people to take a library of books and other reading material with them wherever they go", said Ron Hawkins, Sony Electronics, vice president of Portable Reader Systems marketing.
Sony Reader will retail for about $350 at SonyStyle and Borders stores and comes complete with USB cable, a wall charger, the CONNECT Reader software and a protective soft cover.
The display uses a special technology and it's almost paper-like. The text can be magnified for sight-impaired readers. Also, the display is daylight readable, has a high resolution, high contrast, and 180 viewing angle. The unit measures 6.9''x4.9''x5.8'' and it weights 9 ounces. It has an internal memory of 64 MB and it can be upgraded. And for a full entertainment package, it plays unprotected mp3s.
It will cost you 350$, but it's well worth it I think, and I would buy one, because this really is a miniature version of the Library of Alexandria.
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