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cheese bogart · 02-22-2009, 01:22 PM

I'm also new to this site and had similar questions to the original poster.

I've had a go on the sony 505 and 700 and liked them both. As I have never owned an ereader before I had no problem with the screen on the 700. I also loved being able to use the screen to turn pages. But I must admit, even though this sounds shallow, I preferred the looks of the 505. Partly because its silver so it seems to be part of the screen (the books I read don't have black boarders around them). The other reason I liked them both was the weight. I know a lot of you prefer the lighter models.

Now... the other option I was looking at is the cybook. It has a feature I would find really useful and that is the dictionary. Also from reading this site it seems to have a lot more going for it in the software department. But the one major problem I have with buying this device is that I can't seem to find any shops in England that sell it so that I could take for a test drive. So if any one knows of any shops that I could walk in and test one, I'd be grateful for the info.

02-22-2009, 01:22 PM	#17
cheese bogart Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brighton, England Device: prs-505 (Silver), Ipad	I'm also new to this site and had similar questions to the original poster. I've had a go on the sony 505 and 700 and liked them both. As I have never owned an ereader before I had no problem with the screen on the 700. I also loved being able to use the screen to turn pages. But I must admit, even though this sounds shallow, I preferred the looks of the 505. Partly because its silver so it seems to be part of the screen (the books I read don't have black boarders around them). The other reason I liked them both was the weight. I know a lot of you prefer the lighter models. Now... the other option I was looking at is the cybook. It has a feature I would find really useful and that is the dictionary. Also from reading this site it seems to have a lot more going for it in the software department. But the one major problem I have with buying this device is that I can't seem to find any shops in England that sell it so that I could take for a test drive. So if any one knows of any shops that I could walk in and test one, I'd be grateful for the info.