Comments on: Chris Beveridge reviews the Sony PRS-300

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:06:42 +0000

Jean–keep us posted on your new PRS-300! Best of luck with it! David

By: Jean K

Jean K — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:17:55 +0000

I bought a Sony 300 last night. I love my 700, but it’s just not very comfortable to read in low light, or where the light in the room might reflect off the screen. It’s great on a plane though.

The 300, however, is _much_ easier on the eyes in low light, and much easier on my carpal-tunneled out wrists (now that the 700 is wearing Book Armor – but that’s another story completely).

However, I’ve gotten so used to my iPhone and 700 that I spent the first 15 minutes out-of-the-box reminding myself that I had to use the buttons below the screen… I guess I can live with that for $199.

So I’m a happy camper with both readers. I’ll most likely stick paperbacks on the pocket and PDFs on the 700 from here on out.

By: Devini

Devini — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:25:05 +0000

As a side note. Buying books from stores that use Adobe Digital Editions now go through the Sony software directly. No longer does ADE open first. The download goes directly into your Library. Pretty good.

By: Brad Vertrees

Brad Vertrees — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:29:09 +0000

Thanks for posting this review! I’ve been eyeing the Sony PRS-300 to replace my ‘ancient’ PRS-500 (mostly so I can take advantage of the ePub capability and have a device that is still supported by Sony). Reading this review might just nudge me over the line to buying one!

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:44:12 +0000

Someday, I plan to read it on my iPod Touch, just so I can say I read “iPodkayne of Mars”.

By: asphalt

asphalt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:50:15 +0000

hey! i read podkayne of mars in high school! i liked it quite a lot. maybe i’ll download the kindle ed. once i’ve finished the — well, in print it’d be a doorstop — that i’m reading now.

i’m a kindle owner at present, on account of the superior functionality for my purposes. (i annotate & underline.) but prefer the appearance of the sony. i like to read reviews of all readers out there. i have more than one bookcase; why mightn’t i eventually have more than one e-reader device?