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Sony Reader PRS-650 Touch Edition video review

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The PRS-650 is a king among ereaders, but it also comes with a royal price tag. If you can stomach the extra expenditure though, its screen is top-notch, not dulled at all by the addition of touchscreen tech. Light, comfortable-to-hold and at least as tough as the competition, it's worth keeping as a constant literary companion.

Overall

8/10

Andrew Williams

By Andrew Williams
Reviewed 21 April 2011
Updated 26 May 2011

Price as reviewed

£179.00

  • Review
    • 1: Design and Specs
    • 2: Performance and Touchscreen
    • 3: Interface and Advanced Features
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  • Reviewed by Andrew Williams
  • 21 April 2011
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Sony Reader PRS-650 Touch Edition details

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

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Good touchscreen
  • Great E-ink display
  • Dictionary integration

Cons

  • Expensive
  • Back is plastic
  • No Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity

Price as reviewed

£179.00

Manufacturer

Sony

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11:24 AM on 21 April, 2011

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One thing I like about the Sony PRS-650 is the support for PDFs. It offers several different ways to view them - for example if you have a two column PDF you can ask it to flow down the columns, rather than left to right across the page.

Also one thing to note is that it's now extremely easy to view e-books brought from the amazon ebook store on the sony reader or any other device. Although I couldn't possibly condone such behaviour...

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1:02 PM on 21 April, 2011

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This review provides useful information on the style and user experience but there is almost nothing on e.g. supported formats. How do pdf documents read (a common issue with ereaders) on prs 650?

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5:28 PM on 21 April, 2011

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The price I can forgive given Sony's usual high standard of construction but the absence of WiFi I simply can't. I email a lot of web articles to myself for later reading and not being able to read them on a device ideally suited to the task is a shame.
Now if only Waterstone's could have a working sample of iRiver's alternative for once so could compare the screen qualities of both.

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9:30 PM on 21 April, 2011

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Having seen the iriver working (once in doncaster) i think that the sony beats it hands down. I would say the iriver is on a little better when compared to with my gen 2 kindle with faster screen changes and a little more contrast but loses out to my sisters gen 3 which is on a par with the sony but a little less reflective. To be honest though having owned the prs 600 and a kindle the kindle store and 3g are far more important if your using this device to read than the touch screen features sony bring. Not to mention i find the edge buttons on the kindle far more ergonomic and i wish they hadn't shrunk them on the 3rd gen version. There is so little well priced content for any other device in the uk that it makes very little sense to buy a sony reader when you can get a kindle 3g and the excellent lighted cover for £3.

Having said all that if any of the other book sellers get there act together then that could change and the sony is a much more flexible device in some ways. The note taking features and touch screen are genuinely useful and the format support and refresh speed is excellent now (a marked improvement from my prs600 which is painfully slow sometimes) and seeing as i still use the prs600 to read and annotate journals for my uni work i think that if you want it for that it would be superb.

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@liee: I appreciate the feedback. The one here in York has been on the blink for a while now. You forgot to mention Instapaper support along with sites such as Kinstant that format pages specifically for it. That said I'm still quite smitten with the iRiver and particularly it's ambidextrous design and magnetic cover. Now if either one of them had handwriting recognition.

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There seems to be a PRS-950 available in the US that has the wifi and free 3G. Called the Daily Edition. I'm going to hold out for that I think.

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