[dannybgoode]

Hi All

Having wanted an reader for ages I've finally taken the plunge - bit sad really but I want to catch up on some of the classics that I never enjoyed at school! My wife would kill me if I were to buy any more physical books so an ebook reader seemed to be the way to go as most of what I want to read is on Gutenberg etc anyway.

There seems to be a bit of a price war broken out on the PRS 505 with Play, John Lewis and WH Smith all offering it for £150.00ish which brought it into an acceptable price range (£200 is just a bit too steep).

I know there's the PRS 300 and 600 on the way but I want to read and have no interest in being able to annotate etc so no need for the 600. I've also been around gadgets long enough to know that whilst an early release doesn't necessarily have the techincal best spec they are usually the ones people keep hold of for years 'cos they're so good in all other respects, when a firm starts building things down to the price as seems to be the case with the 300 quality can suffer quite badly. I don't think for example that it will have a metal case. I know people point out the weight is similar to the 505 but plastic can easliy weigh as much as aluminium, especially as it often needs to be thicker.

The 505 looks incredible, is well built and well tested in the field. I remember having a Sony Walkman once (yes one that you put an actual tape cassette in) and it cost over £200 15 years ago! It was built like the proverbial and sounded absolutely brilliant but noone bought it because it was too expensive. They never made another one as good though. Wasn't go to miss out on the 505!...

Thanks

Danny B