Very good hardware and good service

I bought the PRS-505 a few days ago for my wife. She found the beautiful, therefore coming in a leather jacket unit immediately handy and intuitive to use. The writing is very readable and you really have to read almost the feel of a printed book page. It makes sense and works well is the ability to increase font size, so that you can adjust them for each "type of reader". Who has not enjoyed reading large print books, is also on this device have his joy. Those who like to list small font, which can also have ...

We understand the eBook as a book replacement, not a panacea. When carrying spare it fulfills its purpose technically excellent. Also not tech-savvy people like my wife get away with it along well. With a memory expansion of up to 16GB with an SD (HC) card or Memory Stick can be a whole library accommodate .... wish I would give me a total of 10-20% greater read range, and "two" read pages when you open, as in a "real" book.

The critique begins with some special functions and ends at the business model of eBooks. The MP3 functionality is really outrageous! One can not even create directories for example, audio books ordered save. All (!) MP3 tracks only be presented in alphabetical order in a continuous list !!! In addition, you can not delete the eBook alone mp3s and jpgs. What is possible in books, is possible via computer at mp3s and jpgs only using the software !!!

But by far the greater criticism is the computer software (eBook Library and Adobe Digital Editions. You need both to eBooks from various dealers to buy. Our tests in two booksellers (Libri and worldview) confronted us with a very complicated purchase and download process . Here, the eBook bought Myself (as an IT specialist is automatically transferred to the computer in the eBook Library and must be loaded from there onto the eBook reader with "synchronization". This procedure as a whole my wife was totally overwhelmed. ) have spent a long time with it and finally managed a functioning stewardship purchase process Libri - at Weltbild we paid until now but brought no functioning state ... Download
In addition, the total is the ebook offer still very poor and the prices not competitive. I believe that Apple will eventually rush ahead again and publishers show how to do it (iReader ???) ... ;-)

The device itself is also far too expensive, even at Amazon! Right now the price has been drastically reduced, however, many suppliers (from the original 299, - EUR 199, - EUR). Nevertheless, the price in my opinion, is still much too high, because the underlying technology is still really nothing new !!

Conclusion: access To try !!! Books can be well read it! The underlying business model of eBook provider is currently attractive, unfortunately, in any way. Best store such books and documentaries (EPUBs and PDFs), which can be downloaded free (or without eLibrary / Adobe Digital Edition). Their transfer to the eBook is working properly ...