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Sony PRS-500 Portable
Reader System
model number: PRS-500
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The Reader Digital Book: An
Innovative Reading Experience
The Reader
Digital Book provides a new way
to experience reading. It boasts
an impressive 6-inch display
utilizing breakthrough e Ink®
technology that's almost
paper-like, making it easy to
read even in bright sunshine. In
addition, the screen allows for
high contrast and high
resolution, with a near 180°
viewing angle. The text can also
be changed between three
different font sizes.
A perfect travel companion, the
Reader Digital Book offers a
unique, on-the-go reading
experience. With a compact and
lightweight design, you can take
it almost anywhere and read
whenever you want. More compact
than many paperbacks, it weighs
just nine ounces (without
cover), is only half an inch
thin8 and holds up to 160
eBooks4. You can easily hold it
in one hand, and with its
rechargeable battery you can
turn up to 7,500 continuous
pages on a single charge.
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The Portable Reader offers a new and
convenient digital reading experience.
It boasts an amazing screen with
technology that rivals text on paper.
Weighing less than 9 ounces and at only
1/2" thin, it's more compact than many
paperbacks. Plus, it comes with a soft,
black cover and software that seamlessly
allows you to search and browse
thousands of electronic book titles from
the Connect™ eBookstore and then easily
transfer from your PC to your Sony
Reader with built-in memory and
multi-format support, you can take many
of your favorite titles and documents
with you. So compact and convenient,
you'll want to take it everywhere.
Impressive,
paper-like display
The Sony® Reader
provides a new way
to experience
reading. It boasts
an impressive 6 inch
display, utilizing
breakthrough E Ink®
technology that’s
almost paper-like.
In addition, the
text can be
magnified for
sight-impaired
readers. Daylight
readable, high
contrast, high
resolution, near
180º viewing angle
Ultra portable
The Sony® Reader
offers a unique,
on-the-go reading
experience. With a
very compact and
lightweight design,
you can take it
almost anywhere.
More compact than
many paperbacks, it
weighs 9 ounces
(without cover) and
is ½” thin.
You can easily hold
it in one hand while
sipping coffee with
the other. And with
its rechargeable
battery, you can
turn up to 7,500
continuous pages on
a single charge.
Reduce multiple,
large hardcover
books into a compact
package for people
on-the-go.
Content Storage
Capability
The Sony® Reader
offers a unique,
on-the-go reading
experience. With a
very compact and
light design you can
take it almost
anywhere. And with
64MB of internal
memory,
and a slot for
optional removable
memory cards you can
take many titles,
user-selected Web
content, or other
supported documents
for reading on the
go. Will hold up to
80 electronic books
in internal memory
and hundreds more
with Memory Stick®
media or SD memory
card
(sold separately).
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Slim with expansion
slot
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Multiple eBook
titles available
The Sony® Reader
will allow you to
search, browse and
discover thousands
of popular
electronic book
titles from the
CONNECT™ eBook
online store. You
can then purchase
and download these
titles to your PC
and easily transfer
to your Sony® Reader.
More Than eBooks
The Sony Reader
isn’t just about
reading electronic
books. Using the
included CONNECT™
Reader PC Software,
you can easily
transfer Adobe® PDF
documents, BBeB
Book, and other text
file formats to the
Reader.
Also, search, browse
and download
user-selected RSS
Web content from the
CONNECT™ Store to
the PC and easily
transfer to the
Sony® Reader.
Take along Web
newsfeeds, blogs and
more to read.
Exceptional
Battery life
The Sony® Reader
is extremely energy
efficient. Its
rechargeable
internal battery can
power you through up
to 7,500 continues
page turns,
so you are ready for
the long haul. The
battery can be
recharged in as
little as 4 hours
with the included AC
adapter and even can
recharge from your
PCs USB port if you
choose.
Product
Specifications
Technology:
E Ink® "Electronic Paper"
Screen Size:
Approx. 6" Measured Diagonally
Resolution:
Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch
Gray Scale:
4-Level Grey Scale
Unsecured
Text: BBeB Book, TXT, RTF,
Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word (Conversion
to the Reader-requires Word installed on
your PC)
DRM Text:
BBeB Book (Marlin)
Unsecured
Audio: MP3 and AAC
Image:
JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP
Battery Type:
Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
Battery Life
(Approx.): Up to 7,500 page
turns
Recharging
Time: Approx. 4 Hours when
using AC wall charger or Approx. 6 Hours
with USB charging from powered Computer
AC Power:
Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts
60Hz
Operating
System: Windows® XP (Home
Edition/Professional, Media Center
Edition, Media Center Edition 2004,
Media Center Edition 2005)& Windows
Vista® (Home Basic, Home Premium,
Business, Ultimate).
Processor:
800MHz Celeron® class processor or
better
RAM:
128 MB Minimum
Hard Drive:
20MB Minimum available Hard Drive space
Optical
Drive: Optical Drive capable of
reading CD-ROM
USB Port:
USB 1.1 or faster USB Port
Internet
Connection: Broadband suggested
Weight
(Approx.): 9oz. without soft
cover
Dimensions
(Approx.): Approx. 6.9" x
4.9" x 0.5". (175.6 x 123.6 x 13.8mm)
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