Comments on: Special feature: Sony PRS-505 Reader

By: Emily M

Emily M — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:27:43 +0000

These have been around for a while now and seeing them in use I am converted! It’s amazing how the screen looks more like actual print than a screen. They are brilliant for commuting and would be great for the plane, the only down side is it’s another thing to worry about leaving on the beach when you go for a dip so think I’d still take a paperback on my holidays!

By: Aurora

Aurora — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:10:46 +0000

Bought one of these for my Mother last Christmas, she hasn’t used it yet. Although carrying books on holiday can be bulky she says she much prefers the old fashioned way of having the physical book in front of you and leaves the books at the hotel for future guests after reading them.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:07:15 +0000

I have been reading books on a PDA since 2004, but this facility was available long before that. With a little bit of software, I believe you can read e books on an Iphone. The great thing is that if the book author is dead, for example Dickens, Shakespeare most of these books are available free on line. If you want an up to date best seller then you can purchase them from the likes of Amazon. If the book you want to read is recently published and not mainstream then you currently will have difficulty sourcing it as an e book.

By: Linette

Linette — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:02:50 +0000

Hi,

I am from Windhoek, Namibia and would like to know if the Sony reader PRS-505 is stocked anywhere in Namibia or South Africa.

Regards
Linette

By: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:03:27 +0000

No, not by scanning!

You can simply download eBooks from the internet.

Paul

By: Hui Ling - travel places of interest

Hui Ling - travel places of interest — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:22:52 +0000

The devices sound good, but how do we transfer the content of a book into it? Is it by scanning? Hopefully not by scanning, or at least a better way of scanning!