Sony ereader 650 update

They closed down the Reader Store and sold all of their customers to Kobo. Kobo provided firmware updates and support for the entire PRS line of readers and opened up the Kobo Store to buy new ebooks and download existing ones.

Kobo officially ended support for Sony e-readers at the beginning of , which means you cannot access the Kobo bookstore anymore. If you buy an older Sony E-Reader, whether it is one of the older PRS models or maybe something even older, like the , you will not be able to buy ebooks on it anymore.

You will however, still be allowed to use Adobe Digital Editions to load in books you have purchased from other bookstores, or sideload in your own collection using Windows Explorer or the MAC file manager.

Sony e-readers were built tremendously well, most were made of aluminum and had physical page turn buttons, in conjunction with a touchscreen. They were really popular for their time and people are still nostalgic for them.

Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief. It all comes down to personal preference, of course, and the more I use the the more I like how small and portable it is, so it's not an easy choice to make either way. Comparing the new PRS to the earlier PRS , many of the features remain the same, the main difference is of course the touchscreen. The PRS had an added layer over the E Ink screen that caused glare and reflection, whereas the new Sony PRS doesn't have an added layer over the screen because it uses infrared to detect input.

Aside from the upgraded screen and 2. There are a few things about the Sony PRS that could use improving, mainly the same things that are listed on the PRS review : the lack of styling options, such as changing line-spacing, margins, font type, etc, all of which requires adding fonts and editing the CSS file of an ebook to change styling; the fact that landscape mode breaks pages into two sections for ebooks, showing duplicate sentences; and other minor annoyances like having to go through multiple menu selections for certain features and settings.

There are a lot of groans to go around when looking at the price tag for the PRS The thing with Sony Readers, though, is that they never stay at the launch price for very long. With Sony, having their ereaders available at so many different retail locations, their ereaders often go on sale and then drop in price a little more every few months.

As far as wireless is concerned, it all comes down to personal preference. It is a really nice perk with the Kindle 3 being able to email ebooks and documents to it with the free Kindle email address. Just turn the Kindle 3 on and the books are at the top of the list, ready to go. And then there's the web browser too for downloading ebooks directly.

Those are all major pluses for the Kindle. But it also lacks many of the features that the PRS has, the touchscreen navigation, being able to add freehand notes, support for Adobe DRM and access to free library ebooks, memory card slots, and more advanced zooming options.

In short, the Sony PRS with its upgraded touchscreen stands to be one of the top ereaders for , despite its lack of wireless and lack of styling options. All of its other features and support for a wide range of ebook stores makes it a solid choice. It will be interesting to see how it stacks up against the 7" wireless PRS that's due out in November.

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