I have ruminated long and hard over the last few weeks and finally let go and bought the Black PRS-300.
I say Black, because that is what is written on the box label, not Navy Blue.
Anyway plugged it in and in less than an hour I have transferred over all 200 of my books.
The reason why I have been holding off was that I have the 505 already, and as everyone knows the 505 is one if the best readers available at the moment. But I have to say, the 300 in my opinion trumps it and here are my reasons.
1. It is only a little bit smaller than the 505, but that little bit makes a real difference in portability. I finally have a device that I can transport everywhere.
2. The key point... THE SCREEN HAS BETTER CONTRAST THAN THE 505. NO IFS OR BUTS... The background is whiter, and there is absolutely no ghosting from the previous page.
3. The memory stick expansion of the 505 is a great idea, but I have repeatedly had to reset the device so that it could read it.
With the 300, I have 200 books on internal memory and not even reached 50% of the capacity...I will never fill this with books.
4. Page turn speed is identical and the bits that are missing cf the 505, such as music and pictures, are not an issue to me since after realizing how quickly playing MP3s suck the battery dry.
I thought I would be keeping the 505, but I doubt now that I will. I will leave it a week before I decide however.
Just want to say a big thank you to all who have put in reviews and helped me out of tight spots during the years that I have been lurking and posting.
