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The Sony PRS 600 arrives in a small box, modestly designed with the product name on the front and some literature on the back.
Inside there are several multilanguage guides, a USB cable for connecting to your PC and a soft cover for transportation. The device is protected inside a cloth sleeve.
The PRS 600 is a typically designed Sony product, available in black or silver. It is finished in aluminum and is quite light to lift, especially when used after the Apple iPad. Being only 6 inches in length it is noticeably smaller next to the iPad.
The PRS 600 looks substantially different next to the previous Sony eReaders because they decided to kill many of the buttons, resulting in a simple row of 5 across the bottom. As it has a touch sensitive screen this would be an obvious design change. The back of the unit has been kept clean and simple with the name of the device in the middle.
As well as using your finger, Sony have built a stylus into the corner which can be used to activate various on screen displays.
This device is e-Ink based which means the screen is easy on the eyes as it is not backlit. It is crisp and clear and text is easy to read – battery life is rated at 7,500 hours from a full charge. As this screen is touch based however you will notice from the images above that it is slightly more reflective than the majority of E-Readers on the market today.
Along the bottom ridge of the PRS 600 is a mini USB port, a power socket for the optional adapter (it generally charges from a computers USB port), a headphone jack and volume control. Along the top is a power button and SD/Sony Memory Stick Duo slot.
Internally you can store around 350 ebooks, but with the added use of an SD card this can be massively increased. Formatting our 8GB SD card took a few minutes.
Freaky, I was looking at one of these in PC world yesterday and they wouldnt give me a hands on demo. useless bunch of cocks 🙁 looks great. im tempted, especially at the play.com price.
I have used this and its great, but the touch screen causes slight reflectivity which is offputing for me personally. id go with another model for a dull screen.
fantastic, I love these products. I have a cheaper one I bought online and it just died, I might reinvest for a quality one this time. 40% drop in price over a year, thats brilliant, and I love when they bring out a new model 🙂
sony are always expensive, the new kindle 3 without 3g is 105 quid including vat. brand new model …….. still it wont be made as good as this sony product.
155 with 3g seems the better option to me. for the kindle anyway
I never really understood why you need 3g or wireless with a reader. wireless maybe, but it kills battery life. 3g? to buy a book on a bus? whats the point do it from home.
I wonder who will come up with a dual layered screen first? LED LCD for gaming then it can switch to this for books.
Sony make a quality product
These are great devices for free time and holidays
That’s a substantial drop, I looked at one of these Sony devices at the start of the year and it was almost 300