Sony Touch Edition (PRS-600)
For gadget fans who swear by the Sony name, the Sony Digital Reader Touch Edition, a mid-tier entry in the electronic reader’s category, was a long-awaited step up to a new and improved touchscreen capability. The $299 price tag leaves it hanging in the middle of the more budget-minded Sony Reader Pocket Edition which retails for $199, and the higher end Sony Reader Daily Edition due out later this year that’s expected to retail for $399. But surprisingly, this middle child has not become lost in the eReader shuffle and has received notable attention for its intuitive, user-friendly layout and improved touchscreen capabilities.
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Features
While Sony didn’t provide an upgrade to memory in this edition, with 512MB capable of storing up to 350 books, along with dual expansion slots for both SD and Memory Stick Duo memory cards, did they really need to?
What they did add was a stylus for writing freehand notes and annotations, making this Touch Edition an excellent choice for students, PDA users and business users. They’ve also included a built in dictionary that brings up definitions with just a double tap of the screen.
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As for software, Sony’s eBook library software, no long slim pickings with nearly 1 million offerings, is now compatible with both Windows and the Mac.
The Bottom Line
Sony has certainly made some necessary improvements over its previous touchscreen entry, and its $299 mid-price offering fills a void in the Sony lineup. For those who are looking for a sleek, easy to use touchscreen and can live without wireless capability, the Touch Edition is just the eReader for you.
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Pros
While the previous Sony eReader, the 700, boasted a touchscreen, it was not until the Touch Edition that it was perfected. Gone are the slow response times and screen glare complaints that plagued the 700. The Touch Edition has a ‘finger swipe’ page turning capability that makes it so close to turning a paper page that even a bibliophile would love it. With its easy to learn touchscreen capabilities, Sony makes its eReader far easier to master than the Kindle.
Sony also continues to offer more format capabilities than the restrictive Kindle products. Sony not only supports the ePub format of Google books, opening up thousands of free public domain offerings, but it also offers a handy-dandy function to find the closest library that offers free, three week ebook rentals.
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Cons
The glaring missing link of the Sony Touch Edition is that it continues to lack the wireless capability that has made the Kindle so successful, although the much anticipated Daily Edition is expected to roll out this capability in late 2009.
Features The Sony Touch Edition offers the following features:
- A lightweight, sleek design just 6 x9 inches in size and 9 ounces in weight;
- A six inch display screen with e-ink technology;
- Easy to use touchscreen technology with a virtual keyboard;
- A rechargeable lithium ion battery capable of lasting up to two weeks on a single charge;
- 512 MB of internal storage with expansion card slots; and
- The ability to read the ePub format.
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Sony Touch Edition reader
A/C Charger
USB Cable
Manual on CD
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The Sony Touch Edition offers the following features:
• A lightweight, sleek design just 6 x9 inches in size and 9 ounces in weight;
• A six inch display screen with e-ink technology;
• Easy to use touchscreen technology with a virtual keyboard;
• A rechargeable lithium ion battery capable of lasting up to two weeks on a single charge;
• 512 MB of internal storage with expansion card slots; and
• The ability to read the ePub format.
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