With the ever expanding market of E-Book Readers it can be a tough choice picking out the right one for you. Today, the difference between E-Book Readers is very small, one of the few ways to tell the difference is by the design. This is good for Sony, though, because the PRS-505 is an absolute beauty.
E-Book Readers have come a long way from the old back-light days, and the Sony Reader isn't any exception. It has a crystal clear display and uses E-Ink Technology so that your pages will look like you are reading a genuine book. The weight of the Sony Reader is only 9oz's which makes it perfect for anyone who wants to read on bus rides or long family trips. Regardless of where you read or how you read the PRS-505 is the perfect solution for any book worm.
I bet you are starting to wonder how it stacks up against the competitors, eh? Since there really is only one direct competitor, we will compare it to the Amazon Kindle 2. The Amazon Kindle 2 boasts a pretty long list of features itself, but instead of going through each and every one and comparing them, we will just point out the important ones.
One of the obvious differences between the two readers is probably the price. The Sony Reader is actually about 20$ cheaper than the Amazon Kindle 2 and 200$ cheaper than the Kindle's better half the Kindle DX. As far as price is concerned, Sony wins hands down.
If 20$ wasn't enough to sway you, I bet choice in design would and Sony wins here handily. Not only is the design of Sony's device better looking, in my opinion, but you can also pick it up in three different colors – red, blue, or silver. Amazon's Kindle doesn't appear to be putting up much of a fight either, because their plain appliance white doesn't look to be changing too soon.
As with every positive there is almost always a negative. Sony's positives looked really nice, but the drawbacks aren't helping their cause. Amazon's Kindle has 16 levels of Grey-scale while Sony's Reader only has 8 levels of Grey-scale. Sony can probably consider this a pretty big blow, because more levels of Grey means more detail and could spell trouble for Sony. Amazon didn't stop there, oh no, with a counter attack to Sony's very appealing color collection Amazon had a backup plan. Even though Sony has several different models available, they are all the same specifications, but Amazon's isn't. Amazon's Kindle DX is a higher end version of the Amazon Kindle. It holds more books,boasts a larger screen, offers Native PDF support (which the Kindle can only read via conversion), and it offers the rotating display feature.
If you love reading E-Books and you have the pocketbook for it, the Sony PRS-505 is a great addition to anyone's library. Even though I think both products are great, and no one loses, no matter which one you purchase. The important thing is you are getting to read the books you have been dieing to read, right?
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