Sep 05
Lilliputian Literature
Yes, the Sony PRS300 Reader Pocket Edition has been available for just a few weeks, but our sources tell us availability has been tight. Not now.
E-book readers are expensive. Take the Kindle 2 at $300. But Sony’s new version comes in $100 cheaper, smaller (a little over six by four inches), lighter in weight (7.76 ounces), really thin at .4 of an inch, with a five-inch screen and eight shades of gray. Yes, it lacks an internal 3G connection to download books wirelessly like the Kindle, but it’s size and cheaper price will be a winner if you’ve been on the fence in buying an e-book reader.
It has enough memory to hold around 350 standard eBooks, while a single full battery charge ought to keep this going for two weeks of reading enjoyment. Sony’s also offering books online at competitive prices to Amazon.
With the PRS300, are we starting to see a collision between cheaper, smaller e-book readers and the iPod? It sure seems that way. With rumors of Apple working on a tablet, you wonder who’ll be competing with whom in the very near future.
Buy the dark blue model for $199 from Amazon
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