Offers a unique, on-the-go reading experience and is the perfect travel companion. With a compact and lightweight design, you can take it almost anywhere and read your books whenever and wherever you want. More compact than many paperbacks, it weighs about 9 ounces (without cover), is 1/3 thin, and holds up to 160 eBooks. You can easily hold it in one hand, and with its rechargeable battery, you can turn up to 7,500 continuous pages on a single charge.
Easy to read display - E-Paper display with quicker page turns
Premium design - Simple, yet sophisticated with easier navigation
plenty of internal memory, and a slot for optional removable memory cards, you can take hundreds of titles, user-selected Web content, or other supported documents for reading on the go. It will hold approximately 160 averaged sized eBooks in internal memory4 and hundreds more with optional removable memory cards.
Experience the joy of reading a variety of your favorite books?all stored digitally in one compact device. The slimmer, redesigned Digital eBook Reader lets you carry a stack of books in one hand. The Digital eBook Reader holds about 160 eBooks or hundreds more with optional removable memory cards. Its portable size makes it the perfect travel companion, allowing you to read a variety of books whenever and wherever you want. With thousands of eBook titles available at The eBook Store from Sony, you can choose to download new releases, classics and popular book titles as well as view other document formats such as Adobe PDF10, RTF, TXT, BBeB and Microsoft Word. Its long battery life lasts up to 7,500 continuous page turns, and the amazing paper-like screen technology is easy on the eyes. Screen Size - Approx. 6 Measured Diagonally; Resolution - Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch; Gray Scale - 8-Level Grey Scale Up to 7,500 page turns on full charge Audio and picture playback Dual SD Card and Memory Stick(R) Pro Duo Expansion Slot Mountable USB Drive Charges via USB Unit Dimensions (Approx.) - 6.9 x 4.8 x 0.3 (175 x 122 x 8mm) / Weighs 9 ounces Includes Tan Soft Case, USB Cable, Quick Start(TM) Guide, CD-ROM Limited Warranty - Labor- 90 days from the date of purchase; Parts- 1 Year from the date of purchase
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Really like this reader!:
I am really satisfied with this reader. It is thin, light, easy to read, easy to add music, books and photos.
I compared several different readers before deciding on the Sony 505 Reader.
For the price, for me, this was my choice over the Kindle and others.
The Kindle has some advantages that the Sony doesn't, like downloading books without a computer, but that was of no interest to me. I am in a no service area for cell phones and that wouldn't be something I would need or could use or was... more info
Best reader on the market -- far clearer than PRS-700:
This past fall, I bought the Sony PRS-505/LC Blue Digital Book Reader a few weeks PRIOR to finding out that Sony was going to be releasing a new model. At first, my inner gadget-aholic was crushed -- I wouldn't have the latest and greatest. However, after now being able to compare and contrast -- I'm convinced that the PRS-505 is still a better reader. -- The PRS-505 screen is a non-glare screen so that it doesn't show fingerprints and smudges.
-- I believe the buttons make for a much more... more info
Disabled Daughter Loves It!:
My 16-year old daughter has a neuromuscular disease that leaves her with weak arms and hands. Reading actual books can be difficult due to the weight and bulk of a hardback or the thinkness of a paperback. This reader is the perfect solution for her. My avid reader now enjoys reading independantly without the burden of handling an awkward book. She is able to operate all the reader's functions and can easily handle the unit itself due to its light weight. There are many reviewers out there who... more info
What a wonderful device:
Light, very easy to use, more comfortable to read in bed than a paper book, holds many books (in all kinds of formats, rtf and pdf included), and most importantly - the e-ink technology does not strain the eyes, unlike reading from a regular screen. It looks like someone stuck a piece of real paper behind the glass :-) Since buying it, I've just been reading more. There is something very addictive about being able to search for the book you want and get in instantly. And also, of course, red and... more info
