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Metal Book of the Future

Advantages: Screen is beautifully clear, great battery life
Disadvantages: Metal body gets cold, doesn't come with mains adaptor

Read Me a Story It was only a matter of time before books went the way of music, and jumped headfirst into the digital age. Of course, electronic books have been available for a while now, but the devices used for viewing them have been slow to devel ...

JOE.B 21.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Sony PRS-300

My favourite travelling companion!

Advantages: Portable, simple to use, lightweight, lots of memory, battery life
Disadvantages: Lack of mains charger as standard, text formatting can be upset when using zoom

I received my first PRS-300 as a gift last Christmas (yes I did say “first”... more of that later.) My initial thought was: “What the bloody hell do I want one of these for?!” Yes, I know, I’m an ungrateful wretch! I was surprised to receive it as I had h ...

DarkDave 08.09.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Sony PRS-300

Pocket full of Fry

Advantages: 300 e-book storage facility
Disadvantages: no backlight and 'apps'

...Introduction: For a company that deals with technological wizardry, Sony had opted for a traditional 'Last Century styled MP3 Player' design for their PRS-300. It certainly doesn't emulate the traits of a paper filled oblong that has a spine, and n ...

1st2thebar 02.06.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Sony PRS-300

The best thing since sliced bread

Advantages: Stores so many books and eink looks great
Disadvantages: The software is not very user friendly

The best thing since sliced bread I absolutely LOVE reading and for a long time now I have thought about purchasing an E-reader. I looked around at all the ones available and did a lot of umming and ahhing over what one to get. I didn’t find it an ...

jipp05 03.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Sony PRS-300

Does exactly what it says on the brushed aluminium...

Advantages: Sharp clear screen, many file formats read.
Disadvantages: Lacks storage, very simple software design.

SONY PRS-300 E-Reader --------------------- I started to look into various E-readers a few months before christmas, as my girlfriend and I had decided to buy each other one as gifts. After looking through pages of specifications on various manufacturers' ...

axelsmith 11.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Sony PRS-300