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Originally Posted by HarryT
Because it strikes me as a little odd that anyone who really has looked at all the current offerings would consider the PRS-505 to be the best. And I do speak from considerable personal experience, as you can see from the list of devices under my profile on the left. The 505 was a very nice machine in its day, but it's since been superseded by many other devices.
Among its shortcomings are:
- Rather poor ePub support, with no support for full justification and a 300k "flow" limit.
- No folder support.
- No search facility.
- No dictionary lookup.
- No annotation of any kind.
Personally, I'd suggest looking at the Pocketbook 360 for a 5" device, the BeBook Neo / Onyx Book 60 for a 6" device, or the iRex DR800SG as an 8" device. All are, IMHO considerably better than the Sony. |
Uh....those are very specific software features that may or may not be needed for any given individual. For me those things don't matter much at all.
Now what I was really going to say. I too have some amount of experience with different readers and with examining them in the stores (Sony).
I currently own a Kindle2, a 505 and a Sony 900. Of those my most pleasurable reading is on the 505 because it has the best display. The 900 is fine in bright light but in slightly less bright light is when the 505 shines. The Kindle2 is similar, but does not have quite as much contrast as the 505 and I prefer the epub format(with page numbers) to the mobi format (I know that is a subjective issue.
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There are some very interesting devices in the wings about to be released. You might consider waiting, but it depends on your budget as well -- the new devices (color, new types of display) are likely to be expensive compared to a used 505.
I'm actually considering selling my 900....