Sony Reader PRS-505 (second gen) hands-on: we're in love

Published: October 12, 2007, 5:39 pm

Filed under: Features, Handhelds Look, the new Sony Reader PRS-505 isn't perfect -- it's only the first device among the second generation of e-ink based eBook readers. But it really does remind us of the early MP3 players back in the late 90s: maybe the content isn't as readily accessible as we might like, but the hardware is starting to come into its own (we have a feeling 3rd generation will be prime time), and damned if we don't want to start using this thing for all our bookwormish purposes post-haste. Improvements and niceties in the PRS-505 over the last-gen Reader PRS-500 include: Numerous display improvements, including: Significantly faster refresh rate. It's still not instant, but it's definitely at or near the short threshold of a real paper page turn, which is a VAST improvement from the ~1 second refresh of the PRS-500. The ghosting is basically gone, and each page looks as good as the last. Contrast also

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