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Originally Posted by ProDigit
I can buy my 505 for 275, I'd be interested in what the 600 has to offer extra (save diskspace).
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Your next post goes on to list the specs from the J&R site, but you seem to be missing a few key points. First, the 600 includes a touchscreen. That right there is enough to warrant the extra $25 price increase over the 505. Along with that, you get highlighting/notes and a dictionary. Plus it still includes the SD/MSPro card slots. The 600 is pretty much the 700 without the light.
Also, I have no idea why you're calling AAC a Sony-proprietary format. It's an MPEG-approved audio format (basically the successor to MP3), so IMHO including it makes way more sense than using WMA (talk about proprietary) or OGG (talk about zero market penetration). And supporting 'unsecured' Word means that it won't read password-protected Word files, which get used a fair bit in certain industries.
Finally, as has been pointed out by several people already, the body of the 505 most certainly is aluminum. But considering you can't tell the difference between metal and plastic, I shouldn't be surprised that you've missed so much else.