new sony readers

[babaca]

Here's an article here on PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/169644/amazon_kindle_vs_new_sony_readers_game_on.html

It compares the new Sony PRS-300 (which comes out this month) and the PRS-600 with the Kindle. My sister would like a reader and the PRS-300 would be up her alley but not mine... no sd slot? Only 440MB of space and that's it? Let's not forget an inch less screen real estate. The no wireless doesn't bother me because I don't need that, but still I think $199 is too much for what you get. If you charged that for the 600 model which has a touch screen and a stylus so you can made hand-written notes, I could see that.

Ah well... at least the ebook world keeps expanding.

Comments

[delibby]

I'm thinking that with discounts and sales, the 300's going to be available for $175, maybe $150 if there's a really excellent sale. For that, I'm willing to excuse a few things.

SD card - I'm rarely very far from either of my computers. I've got my entire collection of ebooks and calibre on both of them so anything I want I've got in a few clicks. And once I've read something, I don't really need it on my ebook unless I'm rereading a series, so that doesn't bother me.

5 inch screen - I don't expect that to bother me. I've been reading on an ebookwise/GEB/REB1150 for years, so I'm kind of used to a smaller screen.

I've got a netbook, and a netbook touchscreen tablet on order. I really can't justify $300 or even $275-$250 for the 600, but the 300 is a possibility.
I'm thinking I might pick up one of the 300's.

[stormcloude]

I'm still jonesing after the 505. *^_^*

[babaca]

One can only hope with the release of these two new ones the price of the 505 will go down... but then again when the 700 came out one would have thought the price of the 505 would have gone downl significantly then... but I wouldn't hold my breath I guess. :)

Still loving my 500 though. ^__^

[elf]

I would love a 5" screen; I'm waiting to be able to afford one. I loved ebooks on my Clie. The 6" screen is a bit bulky for me--hard to carry safely in just one hand.

I think that if they fail to pitch the 5" screen as an *advantage* for those people who like it, rather than as the "lesser, mini version" of the 6" screen," it'll fail to capture enough market to last.

Of course, "to last" may not be their goal. The 505 has only been out for what, two years? And it's apparently being discontinued. The Sonystyle store is sold out of blue and silver, and the 700, and it looks like they're not being renewed.

I'm looking more at the Aztak Pocket Pro than the Sony, because while the Aztak doesn't have LRF support, it does have an SD card slot, which is rather more useful to me than use of a proprietary format.

[babaca]

Now that is what's fun about this group... You learn about new readers all the time. :) But it looks like their 5" reader has more features than the Sony 300, all the for same price point.

[elf]

It has a plastic shell instead of Sony's metal one, which I really like. Also, I've got no idea if it does PDFs with reflow instead of zoom; I much prefer reflow. (Both options would be nice.)

But otherwise... yeah, the Pocket Pro looks better. I'm waiting for the first reviews to come in before I make any decisions.