I Remember The Sony Reader PRS-500. Do You?

Back in the way, way, WAY back world of 2006 — which was only 8 years ago, but that’s a LONG time in terms of technology — Sony was about to make a strong attempt into the electronic reader market with its Sony Reader PRS-500. The PRS-500 was a slim, lightweight 6-inch tablet-like device with an E ink display, boasted a battery-life of the equivalent of 7,500 page-turns, an optional memory card port for SD cards or Memory Stick Pro — by Sony; or course — and came with a dock and USB connector that allowed for transferring purchased from PC to device. With the PRS-500, customers had the chance to purchase and download any e-book of the then-10,000 titles available at launch from the Sony online store. Plus, if you wanted to, you could read your PDF and Word files, look at most image files, and play some MP3 and AAC audio files. Continue reading “I Remember The Sony Reader PRS-500. Do You?”