Thread: Is the 505 for me?
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Old 02-04-2010, 06:51 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by jrl007 View Post
I really like what I've read about the 505 and I'm trying to convince my wife that I need one for school, several of our textbooks came out in PDF form. But I'd like to have more than that to justify the purchase for myself. Being a student I was wondering if the 505 would let me take notes, and/or edit the PDF's that I've viewing? Also, I know that I could borrow books from the library to read on it, but is it possible on the 505 (or any reader for that matter) to read newspapers, periodicals, etc? Are these things available for e-readers? Complete novice here, appreciate any and all advice. TIA!
No, no, no!

The Sony 505 handles pdf's poorly. There's heaps of threads on this forum discussing that. It won't let you take notes or edit, either. The 505 is only suitable for entertainment reading - novels and popular non-fiction without tables, footnotes or illustrations.

For student purposes, you'd be much better off with a laptop.

As my mother would say: "You don't NEED it. You just WANT it."
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