Sony PRS 500 Portable Reader System

The Sony Reader is an e-book reader. It uses an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation that has 166 dpi resolution, eight levels of grayscale, is viewable in direct sunlight, requires no power to maintain a static image, and is usable in portrait or landscape orientation

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars I looove it!
I have been waiting to purchase the ebook since it came out. I finally freed up some cash and bought it used. It is great! Easy to use and convenient. I do miss the smell of a paperback and the feel of a book a little, but this will definitely do!!!For an avid reader…this is a must have!

1 Star Sony = JUNK
NOOOOOO Don’t get the Sony model!! It is JUNK!! I had one for 3 months and it broke twice!! First time Bestbuy replaced it but second time it was after the 30 day return policy (yes it broke in 3 weeks) and the second time it broke SONY DID NOT WANNA FIX IT SAYING I BROKE THE SCREEN!!!! I DID not break the screen the SCREEN is fragile and the frame for the Sony reader is WEAK and FLIMSY! DEFINITELY a manufacturers screw up. So i filled a complaint with the BBB becuase sony wanted to charge me 250 dollars to fix a 300 dollar device. I told sony to go take a long walk off a short pier and that i’d never buy another sony product EVER again.

I have a Kindle now and a year later NO PROBLEMS!! Same manufacterer for the screen FYI just a better frame that can handle the abuse. And I droped my kindle once!

SONY READER=JUNK!!

1 Star Sony Portable Book Reader
Did not like the product. First it only works with Microsoft software, not Apple. The downloading of books from a website was confusing and we were never successful in downloading books.

We returned product and bought a Kindle 2. Much better and easier to use.

4 Stars Really enjoy the product
I haven’t taken the “real” time to compare to the Kindle but I must say I like using this product a LOT more than I had expected.

Moving forward I could easily see myself not buying physical books again.

2 Stars sony prs 500 book reader
I was interested to have book reader to carry convenintly some pdf manuals that may be read without a computer when I am travelling. Sony prs 500 has not been very satisfactory. Magnification is not sufficient for my reading nor is the page navigation. Often it hangs up or slow to turn a page. To go to the middle of book is also troublesome. Frankly I am not happy that I purchased it.

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