Sony Reader PRS-500

[SteveOBHave]

Anyone got one? Just bought one off the bay in the states - should be here in a week or so.

It's an e-ink eBook reader.

 

[RC21]

I don't think many people will have them....Keep us updated with what they're like.
Just out of interest - How much did you pay?

 

[SteveOBHave]

I paid £100 for a second hand one hardly used - figured a good deal since the majority of them go for around $279US

 

[RC21]

They look cool
e-ink is the stuff that only needs a charge to change whats being displayed otherwise it will sit there and display the same thing without using up any energy - is that correct?

 

[SteveOBHave]

They look cool
e-ink is the stuff that only needs a charge to change whats being displayed otherwise it will sit there and display the same thing without using up any energy - is that correct?

Exactly - you can get an estimated 7500 page turns out of it. It requires no power to maintain the display. The only downer is that it is not able to 'reflow' PDF documents so it attempts to display an A4 sized format on a 6" screen - not the ideal situation. I'm going to have to learn how to reformat eBooks I think.