Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600

[mornmeril]

@MichaelYaremchuk If you read as much as I do, you'd realize how painful it is to go on a trip or even commute to work with a book in my purse. I have enough problems with my spine and "A Game of Thrones" is not really a thin booklet. Also, I can carry more than one book, actually hundreds of them, with me, all the time. Not to mention dictionaries, manuals, or the anatomy textbook I use when I draw and which is heavy as fuck.

[1Keciam]

your next review you should let us listen to the ebook while it's being read. Some of it not all.

[joab302016]

The glare of this device outweighs its nice features. I own a Nook and this one but I returned the PRS-600 back because the glare/reflection is too much to handle.

[veggenskrikk]

@AstronomyGuru1

This is in no way comparable to iPad. This is e-Ink display, causes no eye strain, battery lasts for weeks and iPad is a huge iPhone, causes eye strain and last a few hours. This is good for reading book, iPad is good for... well, for avoiding in my opinion, but people regard it as good for surfing.

[chengdesigner]

Very slow and black and white! ipad is better

[tissetatten]

QUESTION!!

does enyone know whow I can alter the pdf file to make the text bigger?

not all pdf's are inlarged if you click on medum ors XXL or XXL

and I dont want to zoome becuse then it would take forever to read.

I want to alter the pdf befor so the text is large and I can read it. I have several pdf book that I cannot read yet becus the text comes out really small on the sony reader.

[chronocream]

Does this read PDFs and have SD or other memory card support?

[jayce147]

@chronocream Yes, it does, both memory stick pro duo and SD are supported.

[shamimaa]

@chronocream it does

[mc12397]

I got one for my birthday and it is amazing

[RabbitFeet92]

our ap english class is trying these out, i really love the note taking feature... i wish i could put all my text books on it so i wouldnt have to carry around so much :P

[nemesis3001]

Just bought one this afternoon. Cant wait for it to arrive!

[NixHexDigIt311]

@nemesis3001 you're a douche bag

[esecallum]

too expensive...rip off pricing...$300 to $500.

you can buy a laptop for that or a mini netbook..

i ouldbut the batery lifeon net books is only a fwhours.

i would buy the sony reader if the screen was larger and it cost less than $70...

any chance of converting a digital photo frame into a CHEAP ereader?

[nemesis3001]

Im not quite sure that you're understanding the whole e-reader concept..

[PrinceNeosis]

for $70 you can buy some perfume that's all!!! You can't have your cake and eat it too. damn the crisis is an excuse for greedy ones...

[LaurelleStars]

You're all missing this guy's point.

By 2012, netbooks will weigh 1lb, have 20+hr battery life, and perhaps a touch screen like the reader.

Even now, it's still the superior and more affordable product. Taking notes and reading books on them is not a big problem.

In short, the e reader will die if it maintains its $300+ price because the majority of the population (like this guy and most college students) will go for the better and cheaper item.

[Gatecra5her]

The thing with other screen technologies is the backlight though, which causes eye strain. With Eink there is none of that, and it really is like reading off paper.

[CyberNeticRodent]

back light laptops vs E-ink.

try the difference and see what one gives you a head ache first.

[CyberNeticRodent]

you are clueless.

the ereader is supposed to be easier to read, like reading off of a printed page.. its easier on the eye.

second the battery life is tens of hours... compared to a notebook or netbooks 2 to 8 hours.

and a paper back book is what size usually?... related to your screen size question.

if you want larger try the Amazon Kindel Dx9

but then thats too expensive for you.

[esecallum]

kindel is expensive and ugly...ugh ugh...