Sony Digital Book Reader PRS300 and PRS600 At Waterstones
Waterstones, the High Street book store with a massive online presence, have just announced they will be selling 2 new models of the ever popular Sony digital book reader. These are available to pre order from Waterstones online store on or after Thursday 27th August.
The good news is that the dispatch date of Thursday 10th September is a full week before other retailers will be dispatching their orders. With the recent ebook reader price reductions, the New Sony Digital Book Reader is now firmly in the affordable gadget zone.
Also as a thank you to their cardholders for ordering early, Waterstones are giving away 500 bonus points to purchasers of the Sony Reader Pocket Edition, and for purchasers of the Sony Reader Touch Edition a 1000 point bonus, and you can just sign up for your card prior to your purchase.
All customers who pre order either Sony Digital Book Reader qualify for a free download of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, when it becomes available in ebook format
The 2 new models available from Waterstone’s are:
The Sony Touch Edition PRS-600
This new Touch edition Sony reader is an updated and upgraded version of their earlier model. It comes with touch screen technology and is supplied with a stylus that allows you to highlight text, make notes and export via the supplied Mac or PC software. The 512 mb of internal memory means you can upload and store as many as 350 average size books, more than enough reading material to be getting on with.
This models 6 inch eInk screen has a paper like apperance, full touch control and you are able to select one of the 5 pre loaded text sizes which makes reading this ebook reader easy on the eyes. Search for words or passages in the books stored on the internal memory for quick navigation or use the built in Oxford British and American English dictionary if you are not sure of any words meaning.
The Sony Touch Edition eBook Reader comes in two colours, either black or silver, and will retail at £249.99.
The Sony Pocket Edition PRS-300
The entry level eBook reader Sony Pocket Edition is designed to be a more affordable alternative ebook reader to its big brother the Sony Touch Edition. It is being hailed as the lightest ebook reader to date, coming in at a featherweight 220 grams, just a shade under half a pound (8oz) in old money, it is also available in two colours, pink or silver, and will retail at a shockingly affordable £179.99.
The slim and compact design makes it easy to take your reader with you anywhere and the 125mm eInk screen, with paper like readability, makes reading on this device easy and enjoyable. You are also able to choose any one of the three text sizes to further enhance your reading enjoyment. Included in the price is a carrying pouch and USB Cable.
Both of the new Sony Digital Book Reader models provide support for the popular ePub and PDF file formats so you can open and read any one of Waterstones selection of over twelve thousand ebooks. Both models also sport eInk screen technology that lets you use the device even in bright sunlight and gives speedier page turns than any previous Sony Digital Book Reader model. From a single charge you are able to use the reader for up to 2 weeks and you can easily charge your Sony digital book reader by simply plugging the device into your PC or Mac, with the USB cable supplied in the box.
Looking To Buy A Digital eBook Reader? Then Amazons New Wireless Portable Reading Device Is Worth A Look.
For anyone looking to buy a digital ebook reader the good news is that on February 10, 2009 Amazon.com, the worlds largest online store, launched a faster and slimmer update of the Kindle wireless portable reading device in an effort to extend its lead over Sony, the world’s second largest consumer electronics manufacturer, in the sale of digital books.
Amazons new wireless reading device, the $359 Kindle 2 digital ebook reader, has the capability to store more than 1,500 novels, 7X the number of their original digital ebook reader, has an improved battery that lasts up to two weeks, and can now even read books aloud.
Amazons new wireless reading device weighs less than a normal paperback novel and turns pages faster than the previous digital ebook reader.
The screen can now display 16 shades of gray against the four shades of their first wireless portable reading device, making images and photos crisp and clear. The battery now lasts longer, this allows users to read for four or five days from a single 2 hour charge. Without using the wireless download feature, the battery is claimed to last a very impressive two weeks.
Amazon.com incs C.E.O. Jeff Bezos has set his stall out to take complete control of the market for e-books and newspapers as customers look to buy a digital ebook reader after becoming more at ease with digital media. But Amazons new wireless portable reading device has some stiff competition from Sony who sell a competing digital ebook reader, while Google Inc. offers some electronic book titles from its book search engine which are readable on mobile smart phones.
Amazons New Wireless Portable Reading Device isnt simply about selling the Kindle digital ebook reader itself, but more about selling digital media, said Jim Friedland, an industry analyst at the New York company Cowen & Co.. If Amazon just sits back and isnt proactive about developing digital ebook readers to secure its number one position in digital media, then that massive revenue stream could be lost.
The paperback book sized Kindle digital ebook reader lets users download most best selling books for just $9.99 onto an E-Ink high-resolution display with a white background and black text closely mimicking the look of a real book. More and more titles are becoming available for amazons new wireless reading device with the count currently at about a quarter of a million books. Customers can also download major U.S. magazines and newspapers along with some British, French and German publications, as well as access more than 1,000 popular weblogs.
The author and screen-write Stephen King also released a novella, entitled Ur, published solely for distribution on Amazons new wireless reading device.
Sprint Nextel Corp. provides the wireless service for Amazons new wireless reading device, this feature allows users to download ebooks directly onto their digital ebook reader in under a minute. The wireless service is included in the price of the digital ebook reader. The Amazons new wireless portable reading device also boasts a useful dictionary with 250,000 definitions, allowing users to look up words as they read. Theres also a choice of male or female voices to read to users.
The device could become an integral tool for schools and educational book publishers which analysts think could lead to more customers looking to buy an ebook reader.
More than 1 million examples of the Kindle wireless portable reading device may be used in colleges by 2012, generating an additional $700 million in revenue for Amazon.com. Total revenue from Kindle sales and downloads is conservatively expected to reach $3.7 billion by that time, which does point to a surge in customers wanting to buy digital ebook reader products in the not too distant future.
But not everyone is taken with the whole digital ebook reader revolution and Van Baker, an industry analyst at Gartner Inc., isnt convinced that Amazons new wireless portable reading device will appeal to the masses.
For normal consumers, what is the benefit of owning a digital ebook reader as opposed to a paperback book? asked Baker. This has to be classed as a niche market product. There is simply, in my eyes, no compelling reason to buy ebook reader and move from printed paper to a digital ebook reader. The only exception who may find Amazons new wireless portable reading device of use is those mobile professionals who wish to carry many books and multiple newspapers along with them either on the airplane, on the train or maybe on vacation.
Ebook Reader Comparison Reviews Help With The Purchase Of A Wireless E Ink Ebook Reader
Ebook Reader Comparison Reviews Help With The Purchase Of A Wireless E Ink Ebook Reader
OK, so you’ve done the rounds of all the ebook reader comparison reviews and drawn a blank in your search to purchase a wireless e ink ebook reader. It’s no wonder really, it seems they are all full of Kindle 2 ebook reader reviews, as if that’s the only wireless ebook reader available to buy at present. Well for those of you who think the Kindle 2 wireless ebook reader falls some what short of the mark, let me give you a wireless ebook reader comparison before you rush out and purchase a Kindle 2 book reader.
You don’t want to purchase any old ebook reader you are looking for a wireless e ink ebook reader, a prerequisite that some-what cuts down on your options. So what are the options open to you…well as I mentioned earlier, you have the new kindle 2 ebook reader, the even newer Kindle Dx and the Iliad wireless ebook reader. The Kindle DX and Irex Iliad tend not to get the same amount of ebook reader reviews, as the better known Kindle 2. So how do these two measure up; here are my wireless e ink ebook reader comparison reviews.
Let me begin by saying, the Kindle DX and Irex Iliad are both larger than the Kindle 2, both aimed a business professionals and both cost considerably more to purchase. That said, as you would expect, for the extra cost you do get much more of a wireless ebook reader, one that will do more for you. Now let’s look at some of the major differences between the three wireless ebook reader models.
The Kindle DX
* Holds 3500 full length books, documents
* You able to add annotations to text, just like you might jot down ideas in the margins of a book or draft document.
* The larger 9.7 inch square screen rotates from portrait through to landscape automatically as you turn your wireless ebook reader so it is able to view the whole width of maps, documents, newspapers, and even Web pages.
* Kindle DX gives you free built in access to the internet’s most exhaustive and up to the minute encyclopedia-Wikipedia.org.
* Amazon picks up the bill for the Kindle DX ebook reader’s wireless connections so you never have to handle wireless bills.
* The DX fully supports the .PDF file format which lets you carry and read all your documents on the move.
* Kindle DX benefits from a five way control button, this enables perfect on screen selection of text to highlight.
* The basic Web browser of this wireless ebook reader can read simple, text centric Web pages, such as Yahoo and Wiki.
The Irex Iliad
* With the iLiad wireless ebook reader internal memory, you are able to hold hundreds of books and documents. The capacity of the memory can be expanded just by the use of either a compact flash or MMC card, in the same way you would with say a digital camera. You can even use a USB stick with the iLiad so you can quickly scan your saved files.
* As with the Kindle DX, the iLiad also allows you to add notes and annotate your draft documents just like you would with normal paper, but with the iLiad your altered documents and notes can then be transferred to your PC, laptop, Mac or another iLiad. Other in the office or organization can also edit the work or add their own notes, highlight text or just read through and return them to you.
* Grab your iLiad wireless ebook reader and relax a while by playing Sudoku, doing crosswords and sketch or draw on it, with the integrated Wacom Penabled sensor board and Wacom slim stylus pen.
* The iLiad supports Dutch, English, German, French and Simplified Chinese with plans for more, languages support, in the not to distant future.
* The file formats which are supported by the Irex iLiad are as follows: the popular .PDF that the majority of free ebooks are published in, .html for web pages and blogs, .txt, .jpg, .bmp, .png and the Mobipocket file format .prc.
As you can see, these two less well known wireless e ink ebook readers are considerably different, in both design and functionality, than the Kindle 2 ebook reader. The ebook reader comparison reviews may not be alight with these models but this will change as more and more people switch onto their superior features, take the plunge and purchase a wireless e ink ebook reader.
Ebook Reader Comparison Reviews Help With The Purchase Of A Wireless E Ink Ebook Reader
OK, so you’ve done the rounds of all the ebook reader comparison reviews and drawn a blank in your search to purchase a wireless e ink ebook reader. It’s no wonder really, it seems they are all full of Kindle 2 ebook reader reviews, as if that’s the only wireless ebook reader available to buy at present. Well for those of you who think the Kindle 2 wireless ebook reader falls some what short of the mark, let me give you a wireless ebook reader comparison before you rush out and purchase a Kindle 2 book reader.
You don’t want to purchase any old ebook reader you are looking for a wireless e ink ebook reader, a prerequisite that some-what cuts down on your options. So what are the options open to you…well as I mentioned earlier, you have the new kindle 2 ebook reader, the even newer Kindle Dx and the Iliad wireless ebook reader. The Kindle DX and Irex Iliad tend not to get the same amount of ebook reader reviews, as the better known Kindle 2. So how do these two measure up; here are my wireless e ink ebook reader comparison reviews.
Let me begin by saying, the Kindle DX and Irex Iliad are both larger than the Kindle 2, both aimed a business professionals and both cost considerably more to purchase. That said, as you would expect, for the extra cost you do get much more of a wireless ebook reader, one that will do more for you. Now let’s look at some of the major differences between the three wireless ebook reader models.
At Home With The Kindle DX Ebook Reader
* Holds 3500 full length books, documents
* You able to add annotations to text, just like you might jot down ideas in the margins of a book or draft document.
* The larger 9.7 inch square screen rotates from portrait through to landscape automatically as you turn your wireless ebook reader so it is able to view the whole width of maps, documents, newspapers, and even Web pages.
* Kindle DX gives you free built in access to the internet’s most exhaustive and up to the minute encyclopedia-Wikipedia.org.
* Amazon picks up the bill for the Kindle DX ebook reader’s wireless connections so you never have to handle wireless bills.
* The DX fully supports the .PDF file format which lets you carry and read all your documents on the move.
* Kindle DX benefits from a five way control button, this enables perfect on screen selection of text to highlight.
* The basic Web browser of this wireless ebook reader can read simple, text centric Web pages, such as Yahoo and Wiki.
The iRex iLiad eBook Reader
* With the iLiad wireless ebook reader internal memory, you are able to hold hundreds of books and documents. The capacity of the memory can be expanded just by the use of either a compact flash or MMC card, in the same way you would with say a digital camera. You can even use a USB stick with the iLiad so you can quickly scan your saved files.
* As with the Kindle DX, the iLiad also allows you to add notes and annotate your draft documents just like you would with normal paper, but with the iLiad your altered documents and notes can then be transferred to your PC, laptop, Mac or another iLiad. Other in the office or organization can also edit the work or add their own notes, highlight text or just read through and return them to you.
* Grab your iLiad wireless ebook reader and relax a while by playing Sudoku, doing crosswords and sketch or draw on it, with the integrated Wacom Penabled sensor board and Wacom slim stylus pen.
* The iLiad supports Dutch, English, German, French and Simplified Chinese with plans for more, languages support, in the not to distant future.
* The file formats which are supported by the Irex iLiad are as follows: the popular .PDF that the majority of free ebooks are published in, .html for web pages and blogs, .txt, .jpg, .bmp, .png and the Mobipocket file format .prc.
As you can see, these two less well known wireless e ink ebook readers are considerably different, in both design and functionality, than the Kindle 2 ebook reader. The ebook reader comparison reviews may not be alight with these models but this will change as more and more people switch onto their superior features, take the plunge and purchase a wireless e ink ebook reader.