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lionfish · 03-11-2008, 02:12 AM

Hello, everybody, I am from HK.

I am currently using a PDA for reading novels but the screen is really hurting my eyes. After some search for ebook readers on the internet, I found Sony reader is the most attractive (Hanlin V3 is selling @ US$370 at a china site).

Recently, a forum (hi-pda) has found a safe way to display Chinese characters on the Sony eReader, so I think it's time to buy one.

Unfortunately there is no such devices on sale here so I can not take a look on the real machines. I do find some sellers on eBay who are willing to ship to Hk but the price for a Sony 505 is about US$300 while a 500 is only around US$150.

Apart from the technical differences listed on the spec, what is your feeling on the new model compared to the old one? Is it justified to pay a double to buy the new one? My supposed usage would be reading mainly text based document.

03-11-2008, 02:12 AM	#1
lionfish Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 146 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: E-Book Reader	How big is the difference between Sony 500 & 505? Hello, everybody, I am from HK. I am currently using a PDA for reading novels but the screen is really hurting my eyes. After some search for ebook readers on the internet, I found Sony reader is the most attractive (Hanlin V3 is selling @ US$370 at a china site). Recently, a forum (hi-pda) has found a safe way to display Chinese characters on the Sony eReader, so I think it's time to buy one. Unfortunately there is no such devices on sale here so I can not take a look on the real machines. I do find some sellers on eBay who are willing to ship to Hk but the price for a Sony 505 is about US$300 while a 500 is only around US$150. Apart from the technical differences listed on the spec, what is your feeling on the new model compared to the old one? Is it justified to pay a double to buy the new one? My supposed usage would be reading mainly text based document.