Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Nov 2007 16:32 UTC
"You can tell that the new PRS-505 is from Sony because 1) it's a gorgeous piece of kit in a tiny package, 2) it has a Memory Stick Pro Duo expansion slot, and 3) it uses proprietary DRM. But the last two points, so unfortunately characteristic of Sony in the last decade, suggest that the company is changing-slowly. Not only does the new Reader sport an SD card slot alongside the Pro Duo slot, but it plays AAC and MP3 files; ATRAC doesn't even make an appearance on the spec sheet. Oh, and did I mention that the Reader is Penguin-powered?"
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2006-01-24
I had a chance to play with one of these a few months back at borders store #1. It's hard to get across the quality of the hardware itself. It really feels like a solid piece of tech. the software has some major caveats as the article mentions, but the refresh rate didn't bother me too much personally.