With Amazon as well as Barnes & Noble both unleashing new e-readers under $150 it pretty most goes without observant which Sony’s got to step it up, and the rested Reader family is what we’ve been expecting. Just similar to we’d heard and heard again, Sony’s tweaked its entire Reader line up — the Pocket, Touch, and Daily editions — by adding improved optical touchscreens, speeding up page turns with E Ink Pearl displays as well as slimming down a brushed aluminum hardware. Beyond which, it’s additionally updated the Daily Edition with WiFi — there’s still no connectivity options for a alternative dual. We got to see all 3 a few days ago, so hit the break for our hands-on impressions as well as sum upon pricing and availability. Sony Pocket, Touch, and Daily editions hands-on

Sony Pocket, Touch and Daily Edition press shots

Reader Pocket Edition / PRS-350 ($179) – Measuring 5.7 x 4.1 x 0.3 inches as well as weighing .4 pounds, a new Pocket Edition is noticeably smaller as well as lighter than a previous version, as well as while it still has the five-inch display, it’s right away of the E Ink Pearl variety and lonesome with a touch covering. However, it’s not only any standard touchscreen — Sony tells us it’s improved the knowledge by regulating its own extended hold record that doesn’t blur the E Ink row. We’ve got to contend the quality’s utterly frail, but some-more considerable is how manageable a hold page turns are — you’ll wish to check which out in the video below. A small stylus ejects from all 3 of the readers right away, so you can additionally take records upon screen as well as save them inline. As you referred to there’s still no WiFi or 3G here, though a $179 e-reader right away has 2GB of memory as well as an SD label container. It’ll be accessible really soon in both pinkish and china.

Reader Touch Edition / PRS-650 ($229) – Even though the Pocket and Daily Edition right away have touchscreens, Sony’s still job the mid-range Reader the Touch, which is firm to upset a little. Either approach, a Touch has additionally left upon a critical diet — it weighs usually .4 pounds — as well as has a new touchscreen technology. It’s similarly quick as well as responsive when turning pages. The Touch’s still got to be sideloaded with books from your PERSONAL COMPUTER or Mac, but like a Pocket it right away has 2GB of onboard storage along with SD card and MemoryStick Pro slots. This a single comes in black and red.

Reader Daily Edition / PRS-950 ($299) – Sure, it was less than the year ago when Sony denounced the seven-inch Daily Edition, but because not update it along with a rest? Obviously, it’s got a new touchscreen as well as faster page turns, though it’s additionally right away usually .5 pounds as well as has WiFi. Sony’s finally gone and combined a elementary browser, though it will usually work over WiFi. Obviously, we asked Sony about its plans to put out the WiFi-only Reader, though we were told that’s not in the cards right now. The new Daily Edition will be attack shelves in November for $299, that seems the bit tall to us deliberation the 3G-equipped competition rings up at about $200, though that’s a case with all of Sony’s brand-new Readers — you’ve got to be peaceful to compensate a bit some-more than the rest for touch as well as really slim hardware.

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SONY BRINGS DIGITAL UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE TO HOLDUP WITH A LAUNCH OF THE BRAND-NEW LINE OF READERS

New Readers Feature Sony’s Unique Touch Screens with
Anti-Glare Technology for the Optimal Digital Book Reading Experience

SAN DIEGO, September 1, 2010 ⎯ Continuing to provide book lovers with the many healthy, immersive digital understanding knowledge, Sony currently voiced a launch of the beautifully-designed new line of Reader digital books, including a new Reader Pocket Edition™, Reader Touch Edition™ and, in a US, the wireless Reader Daily Edition™. The brand-new line of Readers facilities the horde of new pattern as well as record enhancements that have them the undiluted device for any reader’s lifestyle.

“Today, we’re excited to make known not just a accessibility of a Reader Touch as well as Pocket Editions in a countries you already serve but also enlargement of the Reader line to formerly untapped markets,” said Steve Haber, boss of Sony’s Digital Reading Business Division. “We take the thoughtful approach to country enlargement, together with Italy, Spain, Australia, Japan as well as China, working with internal bookstores to safeguard content is concordant, relevant as well as in the suitable denunciation for any marketplace.”

The new Reader models bring a uninformed level of light to e-reading with colorful, superb aluminum designs as well as all brand-new, highly manageable touch screens. In addition to the new inclination in a US, Sony announced an softened web-enabled Reader™ Store as well as the set of applications for iPhone and a Android Marketplace to magnify a Reader knowledge across mixed moveable devices.
“The success of the prior line of Readers illustrates book lovers’ direct for underline choices as well as full touch screens upon their digital reading inclination,” said Phil Lubell, vice boss of Digital understanding during Sony Electronics. “Today, we’re responding their call by providing an entire line of stylish, full touch shade inclination with the variety of features as well as price points.”

What’s New
The brand-new generation of Readers builds upon the recognition of final year’s line. For 2010 Sony has restyled all 3 of a devices, reduced their distance as well as weight, and done new, innovative touch screens accessible across the complete line.

Touch Screen for Everyone
Based upon a recognition of a full touch screen upon its prior Reader Touch as well as Daily Edition models, Sony equipped the entire line of new Readers with softened, optical touch shade record written privately for digital reading*. The new, first-to-market technology enhances ease of use as well as increases understanding clarity, formulating an immersive understanding knowledge for consumers. Book lovers can right away shun into their favorite books with the lightest appropriate of the finger or stylus coop.

Better E Ink Displays
All 3 inclination implement E Ink® Pearl electronic paper displays, that delivers the paper-like arrangement that is readable in approach sunlight. The screens suggest a tall contrariety comparative measure with 16 levels of grayscale, ensuring which text and images are frail and easy to review.

A Reader Pocket Edition which Will Wow You
The brand-new Reader Pocket Edition sports the five-inch, full touch screen as well as a smart, lightweight pattern that’s easy to trip into a purse or jacket slot for available, on-the-go understanding. It is accessible in chic colors, together with china and pink. It has 2 GB of onboard memory, that lets you carry up to 1,200 of your favorite books, and retails for about $179.

A New Reader Touch Edition: More of Everything Readers Love
The brand-new Reader Touch Edition facilities a six-inch full touch screen and an intuitive pattern with 2 GB of onboard memory. In further, it offers dual enlargement slots for up to 32GB of additional memory as well as the ability to play MP3 as well as AAC audio files. It’s accessible in black or red for about $229.

A Reader Daily Edition which Adds WiFi as well as New Web Features
The Reader Daily Edition provides the wireless connection to Sony’s Reader Store from many of a U.S. around AT&T’s 3G network, the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network. Now, it additionally provides Wi-Fi and simple Web browsing capacity upon its vast, seven-inch full hold screen. A horde of pre-loaded practical and reading-based URLs will yield approach access to optimized, text-based sites designed to supplement the new dimension to a reading experience. The Daily Edition additionally includes 2 GB of memory and expansion slots for additional memory (up to 32 GB). It comes in china as well as will sell for about $299.

Additional New Features Across the Entire Line
New features concede for easier understanding of PDF or personal documents. Intuitive calm zoom, adjustable contrariety as well as brightness carryout, as good as involuntary multiple page creation will have papers written for a standard piece of paper easier to review on the not as big shade. Also, personalized standby screen options will allow users to use their the one preferred photos as the shade saver as well as a collections functionality will allow them to group their the one preferred reads.
In further, the new Reader line is some-more tellurian than ever, offering users a capability to look up difference and phrases with a built in New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition as well as Oxford Dictionary of English eDictionaries, as well as 10 translation dictionaries in languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian as well as Dutch. Wordsmiths opposite a globe can right away create “word logs” to track the difference they’ve looked up per dictionary book or only at certain time in chronological order, whilst fast switching in between dictionaries.

More Content on More Devices
In further to announcing the new era of Readers, Sony has additionally done multiform changes as well as improvements to HYPERLINK “http://ebookstore.sony.com/”Reader Store. More than 1.2 million titles are accessible in a U.S. Sony remains committed to on condition that an extensive charity of newspaper as well as repository content for singular issue purchase or subscription inside of a newsstand area of a store. Soon to be accessible titles embody The Guardian, The Harvard Business Review, Newsday, Publishers Weekly, San Diego Union-Tribune as well as some-more. The store’s Library Finder application continues to yield easy entrance to internal open libraries to borrow eBooks for free. To have selecting the book simpler, a New York Times Bestsellers list will be featured alongside a Reader Store’s bestsellers. By subsequent month, integration with HYPERLINK “http://www.goodreads.com/” Goodreads will permit a inclusion of reader reviews from which site and a brand-new web-based architecture for the store will concede standard browser access to accounts.

With Reader™ Desktop Edition (formerly Reader Library) for Apple’s Mac OS X as well as Microsoft® Windows® as well as Reader™ Mobile Edition for Apple iPhone as well as Google Android-based smartphones, users can right away synchronize their reading between mixed devices. These giveaway applications, available later this year, will suggest an intuitive digital reading knowledge with an elegant interface and access to Sony’s Reader Store for browsing as well as purchasing content. Reader Desktop Edition additionally includes the ability to simply conduct calm for a non-wireless Reader models.

The new Reader Pocket Edition as well as the brand-new Reader Touch Edition have been accessible right away, as well as a brand-new Reader Daily Edition will be available this November in time for a holidays. The Reader Pocket as well as Touch Editions, as good as available accessories such as AC adaptors, cases and covers with reading lights, have been available right away during SonyStyle.com as well as SonyStyle stores.
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Editor’s Note:. For one more report about a Reader digital book, your readers can call (888) 315-SONY, or visit Sony’s web site at: HYPERLINK “http://www.sony.com/reader” www.sony.com/reader. Members of a media seeking for complete product specifications as well as digital images as well as other report are invited to visit Sony Electronics’ headlines as well as report web site during HYPERLINK “http://www.sony.com/news” www.sony.com/news.

*Optical hold screen record customized for Sony and protected from Neonode Inc.

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Not most of the warn here, though it looks similar to you can strictly embody Sony in a e-book reader pricewars. It’s now forsaken the prices upon its 3 stream models: the Pocket Edition is down from $169 to $149, the Touch Edition drops from $199 to $169, and the 3G-equipped Daily Edition is now $299 (down the full $50 from $349). As The Digital Reader blog notes, however, which still leaves Sony the bit out of step with a foe — the Pocket Edition lacks a WiFi of the similarly-priced Nook, for example, and a Daily Edition remains a difficult sell even at $299.