Technology

A Comprehensive Review of the Sony eBook Reader

By: Joseph Akintaju on June 14, 2013 @ 1:41 am.

If you have a penchant to read eBooks, then the Sony eBook Reader is your best companion.  This digital reader offers a great bunch of benefits to avid eBook users like you.  With it, expect no boring moment as fill your hours with reading your favorite novels, magazines, newspapers and other electronic reading materials through this compact and handy digital reader.  It can likewise handle picture files and text documents.

Let us review the digital reader by Sony just as a typical guy checks outs a girl.  In the outside, the reader looks cute, having the size of about twice an adult male’s palm.  Another aspect that makes it cute is its range of colors, giving you freedom to pick one that matches your preferences.

The former versions of the Sony eBook Reader fall short of its close competitors, but with the advent of the latest touch screen model, you can very well say the reader has kept up with the times.  With its 6-inch touch screen, the reader no longer has use for a keyboard, making its design more compact and even cuter.  The reader can be operated through its virtual keyboard and through the stylus pen, which is quite convenient actually.

The reader can handle up to 350 average-size eBook titles, which to be honest is way too inferior compared to that of its close rival.  However, the reader can be supplemented with a removable memory card if you like to store as many titles as you want.  However, if you are just an average reader and does not really get into collecting eBooks, this digital reader works just fine for the most part.

The built-in LED light display of the Sony eBook Reader functions like a side lamp, allowing you to read “privately”.  Now this is a plus factor especially on times when you need to read and there are other people beside you resting, for instance on a plane or train.  Aside from that, the reader lets you see the display very clearly regardless of the light conditions and even under direct sunlight.  You can count on the reader to keep you company whether it is as bright as day or as dark as night.

Also, the reader’s battery can power it for a maximum of 2 straight weeks without recharging.  So it is not just portable, it is wireless too.  Then too if you have difficulty reading small fonts, you can alter the font sizes, as well as zoom in and out the text, for better reading experience.  The digital reader offers 100 bonus titles from its exclusive eBook Store.  Finally, you can read while listening to background music because the Sony eBook Reader supports music files in .mp3 and .aac formats.

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