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PRS-505

The Reader from Sony is the perfect way to store and read digital books. With enough space for up to 160 eBooks, it has a long battery life and amazing paper-like screen. It’s smaller than the average paper back and easy to use.

Technical specifications PRS-505

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  Display Screen

Technology

E Ink® "Electronic Paper"

Screen size (inch)

6

Resolution

170 pixels per inch

Grey scale

8-level grey scale

  Storage Capacity

Built in flash memory (MB)

192 (Approx. 160 eBooks)

MemoryStick™ MS DUO slot

YES (Approx. 13000 from 16GB Stick)

SD Card Slot

YES

  Power

Battery Type

Rechargeable lithium-ion

Battery Life (reading EPUB eBooks)

Approx 6800 page turns

Recharging Time

Four hours with USB, Two hours with optional AC charger

  Compatible Formats

Unsecured / free eBooks & text files

EPUB eBook, BBeB Book, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word, TXT, RTF

DRM (Secure / purchased) eBooks and text files

EPUB eBooks (Adept) BBeB eBooks (Marlin)

Unsecured Audio files

mp3, AAC (not most DRM audio)

Image & Photo files

JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP

  General data

Width (mm)

122

Height (mm)

175.3

Depth (mm)

7.6

Weight (g)

260

Audio Output

3.5 mm stereo mini-jack (for headphones, etc)

  Supplied accessories

Soft cover

Tan, man made

USB Cable

YES

Quick Start guide

YES

eBook Library software

YES

User Guides (PDF)

YES

100 Free Classic eBooks disc

While stocks last

  Recommended Minimum System Requirements (PC only, not MAC)

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

800 MHz Intel® Celeron® class processor or better

RAM

128 MB Minimum, or 512 MB minimum for Windows Vista®.

Hard Drive

20 MB Minimum available Hard Drive space

Optical Drive

Capable of reading CD-ROM

USB Port

USB 1.1 or faster (Optimal with USB 2.0)

Internet Connection

Broadband

 

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