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canicula · 01-17-2008, 10:54 PM

I bought a new PRS-505 today (the Blue model) after playing with it in the San Francisco Sony Style store. The screen is much nicer than my PRS-500 (bought last June). The new form factor with the buttons up the side beside the onscreen numbers is much better as well. So is having page buttons on the left side (the round rocker wheel) and the right side (forward and back buttons).

I've decided to only put books that are on my reading list onto the new device, and not every eBook I've got. Now that the novelty of having 100+ books with me has worn off I don't need to do that anymore. So the 505 should be a lot snappier as the 500 got slow in menu navigation as a loaded on more and more eBooks.

I thought about getting an Iliad but really like the Sony form factor. It's a really well designed device.

Ian

01-17-2008, 10:54 PM	#10
canicula Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 110 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belfast, UK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, MacBook Air	Just upgraded to a 505 I bought a new PRS-505 today (the Blue model) after playing with it in the San Francisco Sony Style store. The screen is much nicer than my PRS-500 (bought last June). The new form factor with the buttons up the side beside the onscreen numbers is much better as well. So is having page buttons on the left side (the round rocker wheel) and the right side (forward and back buttons). I've decided to only put books that are on my reading list onto the new device, and not every eBook I've got. Now that the novelty of having 100+ books with me has worn off I don't need to do that anymore. So the 505 should be a lot snappier as the 500 got slow in menu navigation as a loaded on more and more eBooks. I thought about getting an Iliad but really like the Sony form factor. It's a really well designed device. Ian