Sony's Fresh eReader Choices

A review from eReaderReviewHQ.

The eReader marketplace is growing and growing and becoming more aggressive. The previous ten months we've noticed this market moving at a frenetic pace with new products, capabilities, and price reductions. Every few weeks a new kid arrives on the block. Although Sony eReaders have always been in the top three shopper and tech review options, along with the Nook and Kindle, now is not the moment for Sony to relax, what with the iPad trying to switch into the eReader marketplace.

It's purely aesthetic, but the initial point that struck us with the Sony Reader Daily Edition, Reader Touch Edition and Pocket Edition is the basic fact that they look incredibly stylish. EReaders are renowned to be very drab when it comes to its plastic-type cases. Black or white are commonly your only options with a little grey mixed in between. The new Sony eReaders now come in silver, pink, black not and firey red! Owing to the fact that they have got touch screen technology and also have minimized the buttons it now appears much more streamlined. The Sony eReaders currently include a 2GB device storage that can hold up to 1200 books even without external SD memory cards.

One more fantastic feature is that a stylus allows users to create notes freehand or alternatively using the PC style keyboard on-screen. The touch screen interfaces tend to be also far more sensitive because Sony managed to remove a particular type of glass overlay that dulled the display and made it less sensitive. Also the current models locate the placement of your finger on the screen utilizing infrared technology. They also have improved readability due to the application of E-ink pearl displays which boasts a 50 percent enhanced contrast ratio. We also observed that these devices are generally fantastically light and pretty comfortable to operate.

The price ranges are as follows: The Pocket Edition is at $179, this has a display of 5 inches. The drawback for that model is no expandable memory, but in reality we think 1200 books is adequate for a lot of people. The Touch Edition is at $229 and has a 6 in. display which is standard in comparison with alternative eReaders. It's a bit more costly but it also has additional features like having the capacity to play AAC and MP3 audio files and add expandable storage via SD media slots. Last and yet surely not least is the $299 Daily Edition that not only has a 7 inch display but also has WI-FI and basic web browsing capability. The only negative aspect seems to be that it only comes in one color, silver.

The two less costly models do not have WI-FI capability even though eReaders from some other vendors do have it for a less expensive price tag. One of the capabilities of Sony eReaders that has often swung the decision in their favor is that it can read several different formats. After all it may not be just books users will be reading on it. Reports and other documents can be loaded as well thanks to the various formats it can service. To summarize they are all very good gadgets but in the recent price reducing conditions we are currently in, we're really not sure how competitive they really are compared to the Nook and the Kindle 3

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