Sony Launches Two New E-Book Readers
PrintSony today released a pair of new e-book readers the company hopes will help put it in a better position to do battle with Amazon's popular Kindle. As such, Sony also plans to reduce all new releases and best sellers at its e-book store from $11.99 down to $9.99 each.
On the hardware front, Sony's new Reader Pocket Edition weighs 7.76 ounces and sports a 5-inch display. There's enough memory to store 350 standard e-books, but no expansion slot for memory cards. Users can expect about two weeks of use before having to recharge the battery. The pocket-sized reader is available in navy blue, rose, and silver with an MSRP of $200.
As the name implies, Sony's new Reader Touch Edition ups the ante with a touchscreen display, which supports finger or stylus enabled note taking with the virtual keyboard. It comes with five adjustable font size and expansion slots for both Memory Stick PRO Duo and SD cards. This one comes in red, black, or silver with an MSRP set at $300.
Full press release here.
Image Credit: Sony via boygeniusreport.com
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Nitecascade
August 19, 2009 at 12:22am
I would be much more inclined to buy something like this if the books for them were not so expensive, 10 bucks for a digital copy of a book....its not like they have to pay for the paper or the printing process...why so expensive? The price on them seems a bit steep on the hardware as well, but then I suspect that if these were more popular they would put a bit more into making them more widely availible and bringing the price down.
Tekzel
August 06, 2009 at 5:12pm
Yawn. Wake me when they have readers that are under $100 with a standard expansion slot (this means SD or CF, not MemoryStick Sony!) and can natively read various open formats, including PDF (No conversion to your internal DRM encumbered format Sony and Amazon!). I expect to be asleep a looong time.
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