Sony Book Reader

Digital book readers are taking the world by storm and it was just a matter of time before Sony, the electronics giant that is credited with providing the world with the first portable music player, joined the fray. Now one can find the Sony book reader available in different models. For a long period of time, the e-book reader market was dominated by Kindle but Sony has come back in a big way with the latest variant of its Sony book reader. The new version of the Sony book reader boasts wireless 3G connectivity from AT&T.

Apart from this, the new Sony book reader also has a touch screen and is easier on the eyes due to its big 7inch screen. The Sony book reader is the best option for those who were spending money to download e-books. With the library finder feature of the latest Sony book reader they can easily borrow e-books from their local libraries without any cost. Those who were in the belief that the new Sony book reader would be a copycat of the Kindle are in for a surprise. Though Sony is credit with launching the first book reader, it lagged behind and this allowed Amazon to take advantage and launch its own e-book, the Kindle, during 2007.

Since then e-readers have taken the world by storm. The one thing that was lacking in the earlier Sony book readers was wireless connectivity. Till the release of the latest version of the Sony book reader, those who were interested to purchase and download e-books had no other option apart from connecting their e-reader to their PC through the USB connection. Users of Kindle however enjoyed wireless downloads using Sprint’s network. Sony has fought back in a massive way with its latest Sony book reader.

This latest reader permits readers to view the book in both landscape and portrait orientation. When viewed in the portrait mode, the Sony book reader permits readers to view 30-35 lines of text which is more or less the same like that found in printed paperbacks. The storage capacity of the Sony book reader has also been increased with the latest version capable of storing 1,000 e-books. Those who want more can store additional data using memory cards. Till now, the users of the Sony book reader complained about the lack of content.

Since Amazon is a leading retailer of online books, they had no problems providing content to users of Kindle. To tackle this problem and to provide the users of Sony book reader with more content, Sony has teamed up with OverDrive. Those who are interested to download books to Sony book reader will first need to download the books to their PC and transfer the same from it to the Sony book reader. For a long period of time, Sony had been playing second fiddle to Amazon. However, with the introduction of the latest Sony book reader, the electronic giant has upped the ante.