Sony Readers Revealed: Detail for PRS-300 and PRS-600
Sony Insider has a leaked information for the latest Sony Reader PRS-300 and PRS-600. In the information we’ve got, it seems these Sony Readers will be a good head-to-head rival with Amazon Kindle.
Here is the full specification for PRS-300 and PRS-600:
Sony PRS-300-RC Reader Pocket Edition – $199
- Screen Size: Vizplex 5 inches
- Resolution: 800 x 600 pixels
- Gray Scale: 8-levels gray scale
- Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion (battery: DC 3.7 V)
- AC Power: DC 5.2 V
- Battery Life (Approx): 7,500 (BBeB Book)
- USB 2.0 data/power
- 512MB of onboard memory
- Supplied Accessories: USB Cable, Sleeve, Quick Start Flyers
- Unit Dimensions: 6.2″ L x. 4.2″ W x 2″ D, Weight: 7.76 oz.
- Media Formats Supported: Unsecured Text: EPUB File (Non DRM/ Adobe DRM protected), BBeB Book (Non DRM/ PRS DRM protected), PDF file (Non DRM/ Adobe DRM protected) DRM Text: Text file, RTF file, Word file (unsecured)
Sony PRS-600-SC Reader Touch Edition – $299
- Screen Size: Vizplex 6 inches
- Resolution: 800 x 600 pixels
- Gray Scale: 8-levels gray scale
- Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion (battery: DC 3.7 V)
- AC Power: DC 5.2 V
- Battery Life (Approx): 7,500 (BBeB Book)
- 512MB of onboard memory
- Supplied Accessories: USB Cable
- Unit Dimensions: 6.9″ L x 4.8″ W x 4″ D, Weight: 10.1 oz.
- Media Formats Supported: Unsecured Text: EPUB File (Non DRM/ Adobe DRM protected), BBeB Book (Non DRM/ PRS DRM protected), PDF file (Non DRM/ Adobe DRM protected) DRM Text: Text file, RTF file, Word file (unsecured), Unsecured Audio: MP3 (Non encrypted), AAC (Non encrypted) Image: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
No news when it will be available.
(Sony Insider via Gadgetell and iTechnews)
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Beware: epub and epub are not necessarily the same. If you buy an ebook in epub format from a source other that Sony’s Libray store forget about viewing it on you Prs-600. Waste of money and time. The DRM (digital rights management) should be more transparent; if you are an authorised purchaser Sony should be able to recognize your purchase from a source other than Sony. It does not.