The Sony 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 oz. (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.
The Reader Digital Book provides a new way to experience reading. It boasts an impressive 6" 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 180° viewing angle. The text can also be magnified for sight-impaired readers.
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.
The Reader Digital Book allows you to search, browse, discover and buy thousands of new releases, classics and popular eBook titles from the Connect 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.
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.
Display:
Technology: E Ink® "Electronic Paper"
Screen Size: Approx. 6" measured diagonally
Resolution: Approx. 170 pixels per inch
Gray Scale: 8-level grey scale
Media Formats Supported:
Unsecured Text: BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe® PDF10, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC)
DRM Text: BBeB Book (Marlin)
Unsecured Audio: MP3 and AAC7
Image: JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP
Power:
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
System Requirements:
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: 128MB minimum
Hard Drive: 20MB minimum available
Optical Drive: Capable of reading CD-ROM
USB Port: USB 1.1 or faster USB port (optimal with USB 2.0)
Internet Connection: Broadband
Dimensions and Weight:
Dimensions (Approx.): 6.9" x 4.8" x .3"
Weight (Approx.): 9 oz. without soft cover
Warranty:
1 year parts and 90 days labor
Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this product (including any accessories) against defects in material or workmanship for the time periods and as set forth below. Pursuant to this Limited Warranty, Sony will, at its option, (i) repair the product using new or refurbished parts or (ii) replace the product with a new or refurbished product. For purposes of this Limited Warranty, "refurbished" means a product or part that has been returned to its original specifications. In the event of a defect, these are your exclusive remedies.
Assembled Country of Origin:
China
Components Country of Origin:
Imported
This product ships to all 50 states. Estimated delivery time is 4 weeks if shipping to an Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or APO/FPO address via standard delivery. Tracking information for USPS shipments is unavailable.
