Sony PRS 505 Reader

Silver. Holds around 160 electronic books eBooks or more. Smaller than a typical paperback, 8mm thick and very light. Stylish aluminium unit that fits in your coat pocket. Easy to read 6 inches eInk screen. High resolution and multi shade grey scale give fine detail on text or black and white photos, illustrations, etc. Unlike a PC, screen has no backlight or flicker to give the experience of reading a paper page. Easy to use menu and simple, intuitive controls. Add bookmarks, scroll smoothly down the page, read page by page or fast forward through the book. Automatically find the page you were last reading. Call up your stored books quickly by Author, Title or Date. Memory stick DUO and SD card slots allow you to optionally increase capacity up to around 13,000 titles. Very low power consumption allows nearly 7,000 page turns from single battery charge. Can be fully charged in only 4 hours from a laptop or PC via USB cable. 2 hours charge time using optional UKcontinental mains Adaptor ACS 5220E. Uses the EPUB standard the most widely used eBook type but can also read other very common text document. Can also display most common image and photo file types. NB images are black and white not colour. Use with headphones to listen to music while you read MP3 or AAC files. We recommend Sony MDR NC22CX in ear, noise cancelling headphones, but any Sony headphones are suitable. Supplied pre loaded with sample new eBooks and excerpts plus while stocks last a disc containing 100 FREE complete and unabridged Classics favourite. All necessary software eBook Library plus quick start instructions supplied. Full user guide is included on PDF. Comes with a protective case. Other cases available as optional accessories. Size H17.5, W12.2, D0.7cm. Weight 260g. Colour Silver. By Sony.