Comments on: Sony unveils 3rd generation eBook Reader, the touchscreen PRS-700

By: Vernadene Tolman

Vernadene Tolman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:41:40 +0000

I don’t see a price for this new product.

By: AlbertWesker

AlbertWesker — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:15:43 +0000

Well, this certainly doesn’t have any competition with that hunk of shit that Amazon calls the Kindle II.

Personally I think a physical keyboard is a complete waste of space on an e-reader. Any limited text input can be handled by means of a touch screen which, in turn, results in dramatically more viewing space. The screen and real estate are what matters and Sony understands that.

By: Lisbeth

Lisbeth — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:48:23 +0000

I have had each of the Sony Readers and they keep getting better and better cant wait to get my little paws on this one!

By: Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:40:56 +0000

@martin
check out mobileread for latest PDF solutions. I had the PRS-505 and it did not handle PDFs very well. Maybe if the PDFs were just text but I was trying to get programming manuals and it did not work very well. The problem is that PDFs are formatted for 8″ letter printing and the Sony reader (and amazon kindle) have 6″ screens. They PDFs just dont reflow very well. People have developed all sorts of way to try to improve PDFs but they are all a kludge. The only reader that does a good job with PDFs is the Irex Iliad. That has a larger screen and a much higher cost ($850 for the model with a tocuhscreen and wi-fi).

By: Martin Blank

Martin Blank — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:03:26 +0000

How well does it handle PDFs? I have a lot of technical papers for work that I’d like to be able to cart around and read, but I haven’t seen much about how it handles them.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:47:04 +0000

this sounds amazing, I may have to pick one up for my relative this holiday season.