Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 Video Review
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A video review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 ebook reader. The Daily Edition has wirless, a touch screen and 1.6 gigs storage. It supports ePUB books from Sony’s store and other online ebook stores that sell ePUB format. It can read newspapers, magazine, library ebooks and PDFs. Read our full review at: www.mobiletechreview.com
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Until they expand their library to include something a little more important than weekend readings I find this device useless. Its a shame both the Kindle and Sony e-readers have no Dover Math Books and the few physics books they do have are useless to an actual physicist. I could upload pdf copies of my current books, but I’m sure pdf files do not have the same features and capabilities as an actual e-book purchased from their website.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
@Pepoo001 I’ll go for the PRS-600. I also am not situated in the US and so the wireless internet function would be rendered obsolete once it is ship in my country. I’m really not that rich to waste almost a $100 difference for some 3G I won’t even have the opportunity of using.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
@kristarellano Download Calibre, a free program that can convert any ebook formats. It can only convert ebooks that don’t have any DRM though.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
@MobileTechReview Sorry if the question sounds stupid, but how do you do that? Is there any program that allows you to convert from .lit to epub? Thank you.
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
@eriksnoopy1 No, but you can convert them to epub if they don’t have DRM.
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Can I read .lit files on it?
June 2nd, 2010 at 5:22 pm
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June 2nd, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Think I’m going to buy PRS-600 or PRS-900. Which one is the best?
(I don’t live in US, so I can’t use the 3G :/)
June 2nd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
yup
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I’d like to buy one but price is too fuckin’ high, and in recession…
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Really nice product, but I can see this product selling at like £350+ and way expensive. I still want a ebook, but waiting for cheaper price.
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:49 pm
i’m interested in how the screen doesn’t need to completely black out to do the zoom function but seems to need to for any other screen change. anyone? this happens at 8:23
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Can you highlight and annotate the documents like you can a book once they are in the e-reader?
June 2nd, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Yes, you can. You have to use Sony desktop software to load them. Read our full review on MobileTechReview for more info on this. We covered all these in the review. Good luck!
June 2nd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I have a lot of word documents and several books that I have saved as word documents. Does anyone know if I can down load these onto the sony reader and read them? How does this work? Are they converted or something?
Any help is appreciated.
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:00 pm
I have the larger Kindle from Amazon, which I got as a birthday gift from my wife. The Kindle is a good product, but it’s so large in size that it’s not as portable (you basically need a backpack just to carry it around). I’ll check out this Sony Reader at BestBuy.
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
@rasriders
Haha, what a goof, this is an e-book, meaning it’s made to simulate the pages of a paper book. Back-lit LED makes the eyes tired after a long reading. Also, the eReader’s battery lasts 2 weeks.
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:08 pm
i have bough 4 years before PRS 500 it is so excellent, so far i have upgraded only the filmware 2twise, and runs very smooth.
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 pm
dude thats not an lcd there is actual magnitized ink inside of the screen so every time you change screens the ink has to be magnetized into a different position the effect is to make the screen look like book paper
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 pm
What no back-lit LED??? Damn, we sure have come a LONG WAY!! FAIL!!!
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:17 am
Its because there is an electromagnetic field on all e book readers. That has little “particles” whcih will come up every time the screen needs to changes, and that happens when the other ones come down and rearrange. On the iPod touch, Its like a tv, not little grey particles. thats why the readers have really long lasting battery, and the iPods dont. (Though ipod touches still rule!!)
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:07 am
Really?! This thing is slow as hell! It’s a shame Sony put this POS in market. Guess what, it’s 2010, not 2000! That screen flashing every time you touch the screen reminds me of my pocket pc from 10 years ago.
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:11 am
Fantastic review thanks. The only thing missing was a demo of you writing with the stylus and how it will display when one have made notes on a book page etc. Love the dictionary…
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@ redeyenights
I have the PRS-700 and don’t find the lighting or the screen ‘terrible’
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 am
Why is the response time of every touch take so long??
You press any button on the touch screen, and you actually have to wait almost a second for a response
I dont find them that good because of that
The Ipod is small but the response is much faster
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 am
Don’t be fooled by comments it is better than the 600. The glare is horrendous and the text still has a smudged look to it. The over all screen is darker than a Kindle making it difficult to read. I could not find an angle in which glare wasn’t present or I couldn’t see my reflection. Also, the OS is very sluggish and you have to punch the icons more than once before they respond at times. Nice concept, but poorly executed.