Sony Digital Book

Sony Digital Book

 

The Reader Digital Book holds about 160 eBooks or hundreds more with optional removable memory cards. Its portable size makes it the perfect travel companion, allowing you to read a variety of books whenever and wherever you want. With thousands of eBook titles available at The eBook Store from Sony, you can choose to download new releases, classics and popular book titles as well as view other document formats such as Adobe® PDF, RTF, TXT, BBeB® and Microsoft® Word. Its long battery life lasts up to 7,500 continuous page turns, and the amazing paper-like screen technology is easy on the eyes. Also available in silver.

Ultra portable

The Reader Digital Book offers a unique, on-the-go reading experience and is the perfect travel companion. With a compact and lightweight design, you can take it almost anywhere and read your books whenever and wherever you want. More compact than many paperbacks, it weighs about 9 ounces (without cover), is 1/3” thin, and holds up to 160 eBooks. You can easily hold it in one hand, and with its rechargeable battery, you can turn up to 7,500 continuous pages on a single charge.

Impressive, paper-like display

The Reader Digital Book provides a new way to experience reading. It boasts an impressive 6-inch display, utilizing breakthrough E Ink® technology that’s almost paper-like, making it easy to read, even in bright sunshine. In addition, the screen allows for high contrast and high resolution, with a near 180º viewing angle. The text can also be magnified for sight-impaired readers.

Content Storage Capability

With a compact and lightweight design you can take the Reader Digital Book almost anywhere. And with plenty of internal memory, and a slot for optional removable memory cards, you can take hundreds of titles, user-selected Web content, or other supported documents for reading on the go. It will hold approximately 160 averaged sized eBooks in internal memory and hundreds more with optional removable memory cards.

Multiple eBook titles available

The Reader Digital Book allows you to search, browse, discover, and buy thousands of new releases, classics and popular eBook titles from the Integrated eBook Store and other participating websites. You can even go to other sites that have unsecured eBooks in file formats that the Reader supports. This translates into an incredible amount of content suitable for the Reader.

More Than eBooks

The Reader Digital Book isn’t just about reading eBooks. Using the included eBook Library 2.0 PC Software, you can easily transfer Adobe® PDF documents, Microsoft Word documents, BBeB Book, and other text file formats to the Reader, allowing you the flexibility to access and view multiple files at any time.

Specifications

Product Warranty

Technology

  • E Ink® "Electronic Paper"

Screen Size

  • Approx. 6" Measured Diagonally

Resolution

  • Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch

Gray Scale

  • 8-Level Grey Scale

Unsecured Text

  • BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC)

DRM Text

  • BBeB Book (Marlin)

Unsecured Audio

  • MP3 and AAC

Image

  • JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP

Battery Type

  • Rechargeable Lithium-Ion

Battery Life (Approx.)

  • Up to 7,500 page turns

Recharging Time

  • Approx. 4 Hours with USB charging from powered Computer or Approx. 2 Hours when using optional AC wall charger

AC Power

  • Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz

Operating System

  • Operating System — Windows® XP (Home Edition/Professional, Media Center Edition, Media Center Edition 2004, Media Center Edition 2005)& Windows Vista® (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate).

Processor

  • 800MHz Intel® Celeron® class processor or better

RAM

  • 128 MB Minimum

Hard Drive

  • 20MB Minimum available Hard Drive space

Optical Drive

  • Optical Drive capable of reading CD-ROM

USB Port

  • USB 1.1 or faster USB Port (Optimal with USB 2.0)

Internet Connection

  • Broadband suggested

Limited Warranty

  • Labor- 90 days from the date of purchase Parts- 1 Year from the date of purchase. See actual warranty for details.

Weight (Approx.)

  • 9oz. without soft cover

Dimensions (Approx.)

  • 6.9" x 4.8" x 0.3" (175 x 122 x 8mm)

Weight (Approx.)

  • 9oz. without soft cover

Dimensions (Approx.)

  • 6.9" x 4.8" x 0.3". (175 x 122 x 8mm)

Accessories Supplied

  • Tan Soft Case
  • USB Cable
  • Quick Start Guide
  • CD-ROM

 

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