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AnemicOak · 06-03-2011, 10:26 AM

There weren't a lot of choices for eInk out there when I got my first reader, a Sony 505 in '07, no Kindle or Nook no iPad or other tablets (not like there are now anyway). At the time it was between the Sony, which I could just run down to Borders and buy or the CyBook Gen 3 which was just getting ready to come out. I had looked into the PRS-500, but it didn't quite "get" me. Once I saw a 505 in person (and after I had figured out a way to not be locked into Sony's proprietary format) I was sold.

My 505 is still a great reader and gets used often (by my nine year old nephew).

The 505 was my first dedicated reader, before that it was various PDA's.

06-03-2011, 10:26 AM	#9
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	There weren't a lot of choices for eInk out there when I got my first reader, a Sony 505 in '07, no Kindle or Nook no iPad or other tablets (not like there are now anyway). At the time it was between the Sony, which I could just run down to Borders and buy or the CyBook Gen 3 which was just getting ready to come out. I had looked into the PRS-500, but it didn't quite "get" me. Once I saw a 505 in person (and after I had figured out a way to not be locked into Sony's proprietary format) I was sold. My 505 is still a great reader and gets used often (by my nine year old nephew). The 505 was my first dedicated reader, before that it was various PDA's.