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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
I've been using Sony ereaders since the PRS-500. While the PRS-500 was a good ereader, it had room for improvement. As an example, you couldn't go directly to a specific page (you could only go to a percentage of the book or jump by 10 pages forward or back).
The PRS-505 was a significant improvement over the PRS-500. For me the PRS-505 is the best ereader they ever released, and the reason I recently purchased a second one (after my original's battery basically wore out). I do have a PRS-600 and while it has a few nice additional features over the PRS-505, I didn't find it as a good an ereader as the PRS-505 (as an example, the screen wasn't as sharp).
The among reasons I prefer my PRS-505 over more recent ereaders are: - No touch screen.
- Well-laid out physical buttons
- E-ink screen for easy reading
- Long battery life
- No wi-fi
- An interface specifically designed for ebook reading
I'm very happy with PRS-505 and hope that, when it reaches the end of its usable life, I'm able to find an ereader that works as well for reading ebooks. |
Newer devices like the H2O have better eInk screen for even easier reading, longer battery life and the touch interface is better on the H2O then the 505 as I can just touch the book I want to read and it opens. The 505's biggest failing (IMHO) is the old version of ADE used. It's so old it doesn't have full justification which is just no good. It looks awful (IMHO) to be left justified only. The h2O has full justification with hyphenation and the hyphenation doesn't go crazy like the nook STR does.