Apple eBook Readers. Sony eBook Readers with Touch Screen. Reading Made Comfortable and Convenient With Sony eBook Readers You love to read a good book or magazine and eBook readers may provide a convenient, comfortable way to read books that saves time and comes with many other great benefits. What Sony eBook readers are available? There are a number of Sony readers available that may include the following features and options: Color : The devices are available in a variety of colors like black, pink, red, silver, and white.
Features : Many great features are available in readers such as a built-in light for night reading, Bluetooth capability, Simple Touch, text-to-speech, built-in keyboard, expandable memory, file browsing, integrated dictionary, MP3 players, wi-fi, and more. Storage space : The readers offer generous amounts of space for storing book files and apps from 2GB to 32GB. What are some other features of a Sony reader? Comfort : These readers offer comfort in that the screen size fits in your hands.
The size of the text can be adjusted to prevent eye strain. Sony Readers with backlighting often have adjustable screen brightness which may help the eyes as well. Convenience : If you enjoy reading when you travel, you'll find great convenience in being able to take an entire library of books and apps with you. No choosing between a few you'd like to take with limited space. Eco-friendly : Since eBooks are digital files, no paper is used. Not only does this help the environment but it helps keep eBook costs down and those savings are passed along to you.
Other media : Devices like eBooks and tablets are not limited to text only. As mentioned above, it comes with a user-replaceable battery pack and, unlike previous models, it comes with an AC adaptor. You can still charge it the old way using a USB cable connected to your computer if you want. The battery life is rated at 12, page turns, by far the highest of any current ebook reader.
In comparison, the other Sony models and most ebook readers in general are rated at 6, - 7, page-turns per charge. One thing I noticed, though, if the wireless signal is weak and the Reader Store is taking a long time to load, the battery drains faster.
It's best to wait until the little 3G icon shows in the lower left corner of the screen to get the most out of the battery. Turning the wireless off when not in use also helps. When left on, the wireless automatically goes into standby mode when you don't use it for more than 10 minutes, which draws a minimum of power and still allows for periodicals to be delivered. A note about the battery life: One thing I noticed, and several others have too, is that the firmware of the new Sony Readers sometimes says the battery is low when it really is not.
This happens in the beginning when you first start using it. The battery needs to be charged and go through a few cycles to become properly calibrated with the firmware, it seems.
The best thing to do is to ignore the low battery warning and wait for the battery to drain completely. Usually, if you shut down the Reader and restart it the battery icon will go back to whatever the charge should be.
After a few cycles of completely draining and recharging the battery it should solve the calibration issue. Page 2: PDF Review ».
Privacy Policy - Disclaimer. The eBook Reader. Related Links: Sony Reader. Enter your email address to receive updates:. E-ink readers like the Sony use very little power and with wireless off they can last up to 2 weeks on a charge. That's because they only use power to re-draw new pages and don't use any power to display a page.
They are extremely readable and look something like a real book with light gray rather than white pages-- they don't look like a computer screen. They're much easier on the eyes because there's no overly bright backlighting, no constant screen refresh and little glare. Unlike many smartphone, PDA and tablet screens, they're highly viewable outdoors in sunlight great for beach and backyard reading. There is no backlight, and that means just as with a print book, you'll need ambient light or a book light to read.
Sony's touch screen readers maximize screen real estate relative to device size because they use on-screen keyboards rather than the hardware keyboard on the Kindle and the separate color LCD touch panel on the Nook. If you're an old hand at ereaders and own an older Sony Reader, this is business as usual with one caveat: the Sony online bookstore original ebook format, BBeB or. They've recently switched over to the more open ePUB standard and you can re-download any books you'd purchased in lrf format in ePUB free of charge.
You can download the books using the Sony desktop software for Windows and Mac or download them directly to the Reader using its wireless connection. There is no charge for using the wireless connection. Full justification fans: the PRS gets it right. If a book is produced with full justification, it will display that way on the Reader no ragged right margin.
If you've been using a Kindle or other brand of reader, the Sony's attractions include a touch screen with on-screen keyboard and support for more open standards ePUB and PDF.
That means you can download and read books from your library if they offer digital services. You can also read books from Google's million public domain classics, but you must load these using the desktop software or a storage card since there's currently no way to download these directly using the Reader's wireless connection. While the Kindle ships configured to use your Amazon account, you must enter your account information or create a new account using the Sony Reader or its desktop software before you can buy books.
That makes it easier to give as a gift but adds one more step for those who want the absolute simplest way to get going. Unlike the Kindle, you don't have to use one-click buying: you can turn on cart-based shopping which helps prevent accidental purchases. The Sony Daily Edition doesn't have the Kindle's basic web browser, so that wireless connection is just for shopping, downloading books and periodicals. Sony calls this the Daily Edition Reader because you can subscribe to newspapers and magazines, just as with the Kindle.
Sony is still adding publications but they've announced a good list of papers including the Wall Street Journal enhanced edition , The LA Times, the New York Times and quite a few smaller local papers. If you leave wireless on in standby mode, the PRS will automatically download your new subscriptions, so they'll be waiting for you each morning. The prices are the same as Amazon's, but the layout is more attractive than the Kindle's with a front page presentation that has several graphics and article links rather than Amazon's standard single article presentation.
The home screen shows the latest periodical delivered up top. Icons are large and finger-friendly so there's no need for the stylus unless you writing notes and annotations.
Here's our Our video lights make the glare look worse, and the camera isn't at the viewing angle you'd be when reading, which adds to the glare. To our eyes, the glare isn't bad at all-- it's nothing like a notebook screen or the PRS, and it's worth it for the immense usability improvements the touch screen adds. The screen resists fingerprints mightily, and that's a good thing since no one wants to read through a smeared fog of finger goo.
If you wish, you can also use their desktop software for Windows and Mac to purchase and transfer content to the Reader. If you want to download library books, you'll need to use the desktop software that works in conjunction with Adobe Digital Editions to handle DRM. Library books are a joy: no need to drive to and from the library and there are no overdue fees.
The book expires, typically after 14 days. If you wish, you can check the book out again and you can return it early if you're done reading it before it's due back. I'd been using my PRS with the Mac desktop software to download library books and I didn't have to do anything with Adobe Digital Editions when I added the PRS the desktop software automatically authorized the to my existing Adobe account. The on-device store is intuitive and easy to use-- watch our video review to see it in action.
The PRS has a tabbed home screen and the store uses one of the four tabs. While neither the Kindle nor the load the store super-quickly, the Sony was a bit faster in our tests though the wireless network can be a factor. Once the store is loaded and you've been logged in, viewing books and loading new store pages is quite quick assuming you have a passable 3G connection.
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