http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/ Engadget Comments for New Sony Reader PRS-300 and PRS-600 details leaked http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
sub $150 ebook reader please!!!]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Atleast then SOMETHING portable by Sony would have them.]]>Jul 30th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
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Yea great, but my wife couldn't carry it in her purse. She loves her 505.]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
And my point was not that you could actually use a laptop to read a book, but that the technology should be cheap enough to produce an ereader for around $100-150. It doesn't need a full processor or anything. As long as it can decode text I think it would be fine.]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
Can you read thousands of pages of books on that laptop of yours in a single charge? And outdoors in the sun?

Didn't think so.]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
Apples and oranges. Here's what eBook Reader has to offer:

- WEEKS of reading on a single charge
- non-glare e-ink screen that doesn't strain the eyes (unlike the LCD)
- compact size/weight

If you can find a $300 laptop with such features, you'll be my hero... otherwise, moot point.]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
The keyword was comfortably. An lcd screen is backlit and causes eyestrain. E-paper does not. For people that read enough an e-book reader is a great value considering the discounted and free books that are available online, the portability of the reader, and the fact that you no longer have to worry about shelf space. If that sounds good to you, great. If not, I'm sorry?

"but that the technology should be cheap enough to produce an ereader for around $100-150. "

And yet, no, it's not cheap enough. But it will get there. And yes, e-paper does cost that much to produce. It's a relatively new tech that up until recently catered to a niche market. Prices are coming down but from the way you are asking for a simple reader it sounds like you just want something with an lcd screen... which defeats the whole purpose.]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/No audio, cards is no loss. I've never filled 20% of memory and I've tried.

Eventually I see card for low bandwidth bookstore for people without computers or a separate model for same. eReaders are a commodity device.

BTW I use a Mac w/ no problems using Calibre. No vendor has solved the formatting problems for large print users. This is stupid. Of the people I have talked into buying one 70% bought because they need large print. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
So all the people you convinced to buy one find it virtually useless? Well done, man. What a friend you are.]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
What?? That defeats the point of the reader by making it a bit difficult to use in some conditions...]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
@Richard: "That defeats the point of the reader by making it a bit difficult to use in some conditions..."—Yup. It's a tradeoff. I chose the PRS-700 because I wanted the touchscreen, for searching and taking notes. (Also because it's got a faster CPU; it turns pages about twice as fast as the PRS-505.)]]>Jul 31st 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
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-better contrast
-lower price

That is a pretty damn fair request I think.]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 31st 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/How many weigh about the same as a DVD case?
How many are as small, or smaller than a DVD case?
How many are as comfortable to hold and use as a dedicated e-book reader?
How many don't need recharging every few hours?

Every device has it's pros and cons. And they will be different depending on your selection criteria. Mine are to be able to read books comfortably where I want, when I want, how I want. Yours may be to have a multi function device that does several jobs adequately. So we each choose a device to suit our needs. It is permitted by the great gadget gods to have a choice of more than one device. ]]>Jul 31st 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
Sony's hardware is more to my liking and it's more open + lenient in that you can easily get files on/off the device and it doesn't need some special conversion service.

I will happy pay $300 for a good reader and so will many others. Eventually, these things need to be cheaper for more mass market access, but that's obvious.]]>Jul 30th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/It can technically be done and it would benefit many devices and give them a new life.
A bit like the SD WiFi card but then not using a site and using USB instead of SD slots.
Mind you it would only be useful for devices that don't go propriety with itunes and such to DRM the connection to it.
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Also, with the low power draw of an ebook reader, solar cells along those borders would have been a good idea. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
I played with the 505 reader for a while and it was great for reading paperbacks, but terrible for any type of legal size documents or books with any type of column format. I have a large library of technical books and most of them were unreadable.

Give it a larger screen and you won't have to worry about PDF "re-flow". Give it a reasonable price ($300 would be ok) and I'm in.]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
So for the time being, Sony's copyrighted service manuals seem to be unavailable via docs.sony.com/release/smd/ links.

It's also likely the Sony's legal department will request Scribd.com to remove the manuals as well. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
The backlight is a personal choice, but I've seen enough Sony readers with glare issues from the light to know that I don't want one. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/
Screen still too small. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/]]>Jul 30th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/Jul 30th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/new-sony-reader-prs-300-and-prs-600-details-leaked/I've read books on my iPhone and on laptop. EReaders are superior. EInk is easier on the eyes. The iPhone was better than the laptop. For those wanting color, LCD is better for comics and magazines. At least the normal mags with articles of 1500 words or less. Foreign Affairs which is available on calibre I read on the Sony.
eInk and battery life is what it comes down to. European papers are experimenting with giving them away with two years subscriptions. This requires wireless download. Kindle wants 70% of the revenue which is a non starter. Phillips has talked about this as a business model. Selling them thru newspapers. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 9:39PM