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| Name | Sony Reader Family | | Manufacturer | Sony | | Available | August 31, 2009 | | Screen | 600×800 px,
170 dpi resolution,
5", 6" or 7" diagonal,
8- or 16-level grayscale
E-Ink Electronic paper
Touch-sensitive in some models | | Operating system | MontaVista Linux (device), Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (client software) | | Input | Touchscreen (PRS-600, PRS-900), Buttons (PRS-300) | | Memory | 420 MB Accessible | | Memory card | Memory Stick Duo Up to 32 GB, SDHC Up to 32 GB | | Connectivity | USB 2.0 | | Battery | Lithium-ion | | Weight | 10 oz (283.5 g) | | Form factor | Slate | | Series | PRS-300, PRS-600, PRS-900 | | Predecessor | PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-700 |
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The Sony Reader is a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony. It uses an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation that has 166 dpi (200 dpi in 5 inch version PRS-300) resolution, eight levels of grayscale (16 in the PRS-900 model), is viewable in direct sunlight, requires no power to maintain a static image, and is usable in portrait or landscape orientation. The reader uses an iTunes Store-like interface to purchase books from Sony Connect eBook store (currently US and Canada only). It also can display Adobe PDFs, ePub format, personal documents, blogs, RSS newsfeeds, JPEGs, and Sony's proprietary BBeB ("BroadBand eBook") format. The Reader can play MP3 and unencrypted AAC audio files.
The digital rights management rules of the Reader allow any purchased e-book to be read on up to six devices, at least one of which must be a personal computer running Windows or Mac OS X. Although the owner cannot share purchased eBooks on others' devices and accounts, the ability to register five Readers to a single account and share books accordingly is a possible workaround.
The Sony Reader competes with other e-paper devices: the Amazon Kindle, iRex iLiad, the Jinke Hanlin eReader, CyBook by Bookeen, BeBook by Endless Ideas BV, the Kobo eReader and the Barnes & Noble nook.
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