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Sony Pocket Reader (PRS-350) video review

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Despite its attractive form factor, excellent display and intuitive touch-driven interface the Sony Reader Pocket can't quite compete with the Amazon Kindle. Whispernet not only makes managing eBooks easier, the Amazon eBook store is also more comprehensive and cheaper than those available to Sony Reader users. Given those considerations, as much as we like the Pocket Reader, we simply can't give it an outright recommendation. Read full review

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By Hugo Jobling
Reviewed 14 October 2010
Updated 26 May 2011

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£129.99

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Sony Pocket Reader (PRS-350) details

Value
6/10
Features
7/10
Design
9/10
Overall
8/10

Price as reviewed

£129.99

Manufacturer

Sony

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10:42 AM on 14 October, 2010

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I'm tempted to go for the sony (650) because it has much better handling of pdfs. I'll mainly be using it to read academic pdfs which are often two columns, and the sony reader offers a display method that follows columns rather than pages.

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Simon Pegg has a new book out today.





The book is not available to download from either Waterstones or iBooks.





The Kindle Store has it for £8.





I'm sure this isn't an isolated case and for that reason I wouldn't even consider a non Kindle compatible device - even if it were £50 cheaper.

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11:25 AM on 14 October, 2010

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I got one of these as a gift just a couple of days back and plan to return it and get the Kindle instead. I dont see why I need to connect it to a PC to buy books, thats a big put-off for me, else its okay.

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11:31 AM on 14 October, 2010

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BTW, I Morgan Computers is selling a 7" Android tablet for £85, anyone know if its any good? I would like to know if its worth considering instead of the Kindle...

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11:32 AM on 14 October, 2010

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Forgot to put the link ;)





http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=6381

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11:50 AM on 14 October, 2010

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Now I am confused, there seem to be several unknown makes of Android Tablets in the market. Have a look at





http://www.thecheaplaptops.co.uk/laptops-tablet-c-21_139.html





Anyone know if these are genuine or a scam?

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12:25 PM on 14 October, 2010

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@Ash, I can tell even without clicking on the links that the answer will be, no they won't be any good. I've made the mistake of getting the Augen's device and it's a piece of crap.

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12:50 PM on 14 October, 2010

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The Sony hardware looks impressive, but I was very disappointed by the limited range of improvements made in this generation of the Sony eReader. As stated in the article, I do not see it as being worth the asking price when compared to the new Kindle.





It is possible that the product team was allowed limited funds given that it was unlikely to make a significant impact on Kindle sales. Could this be the last iteration of the eReader?

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@piesforyou - I bought the 650 at the weekend, mainly to read PDFs. It's fine so far, although it depends on the PDF (they can end up with, er, an eccentric use of fonts, depending on how they were created).





I have put my university course work onto mine, and had no problems. Text reflows well around pictures within PDFs.





I rarely need to add notes to the books, so an on-screen keyboard is a preferable to a physically larger device with a real keyboard. The touch screen is a joy to use, although it's still necessary to use the physical buttons for certain operations.





I was well aware of Waterstones et al policy of "let's get as much money out of the punters as possible" (which is self defeating, as it puts off people from buying the device and the ebooks), but I don't expect to buy large numbers of books.





Don't forget to factor in a cover too (£29). It's a well made bit of kit, but it's not going to fair well in a bag full of pens and keys. I bought my PRS-650 and cover from Waterstones and got £6.80 worth of points, which goes most of the way to an ebook (probably would get you two Kindle ebooks though).

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Sulla - actually I think integration with Qriocity (Sony's music and video store) in the next gen Reader is likely. They need a whispernet-like distribution system to compete with the Kindle.

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