FEATURES

SONY EREADER

KINDLE

Display

• 6 Inch “electronic paper” display
• SVGA 800×600 Approx.170 Pixels Per Inch
• 8-level gray scale
• Uses E Ink® – a significant improvement over CRT and LCD technology. The result is a reading experience that’s similar to paper .
• Interactive touch screen allows you to turn pages by sliding finger across the screen, activate bookmark, create annotations with a virtual keyboard, highlight text with a stylus pen, and search for text.
• Built-in LED reading light allows night reading.

• 6 inch diagonal electrophoretic –electronic-paper display
• 600 x 800 pixel resolution.
• 16-level gray scale
• Uses E Ink® technology which provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper

Size

• 5.1 inches x 6.8 inches x 0.41 inches

• 5.3 inches x 8.0 inches x 0.36 inches

Computer Requirement

• Browsing and book purchase online, then download books to your PC.
• From the PC you download selected content into your PRS-700BC.

• For purchase and content download when not in a wireless coverage area
• USB charging.

Format

• BBeB (Unencrypted)
• JPEG
• GIF
• PNG
• BMP
• MP3
• AAC
• ePub
• TXT
• RTF
• Adobe® PDF
• Microsoft® Word

• Microsoft Word (.DOC)
• HTML
• JPEG
• GIF
• PNG
• BMP (through conversion)
• PDF
• TXT
• AZW
• Unprotected Mobipocket books (.prc, .mobi)
• AAX
• MP3
• RTF

Expansion

• 2 slots – A SD slot and a memory stick Duo slot. Both can be used at once for additional storage

• No SD slot
  

Connectivity

• No wireless connectivity.
• Download ebooks from the online ebook store, CONNECT ebooks, to your computer
• Use the CONNECT Reader software to access ebooks on your computer
• Use USB cable to transfer content from your computer to the device.
• Download content directly to memory card to bypass USB cable transfer.

• Use EVDO/CDMA Wireless connectivity to shop the Kindle store and download ebooks (only if you are in a wireless coverage area)
• Download ebooks from Online Kindle store to your computer
• Use USB cable to transfer content to your Kindle (If you are not in a coverage area).

Content Delivery Time

• As fast as internet connection and USB cable transfer will allow.

• Less than a minute when done wirelessly.
• In non-wireless area, its as fast as internet connection and USB cable transfer will allow.

Content

• Just over 160, 000 books available

• The CONNECT™ Store puts thousands of eBook titles online. You’ll find all the latest bestsellers as well as a deep catalog of books in every category – fiction, non-fiction, business, self-help and more, with free first chapters available, plus author bios and reviews. Most titles cost less than their print versions, and CONNECT™ offers additional specials.

• More than 275,000 books available.

• U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes

• Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland.

• More than 250 top blogs.

• Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.

• Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.

Weight

• Approx 10 ounces
  

• Approx 10.2 ounces

Capacity

• Internal memory holds up to 350 average size eBooks at a time

• Internal memory – 2GB (1.4 GB for books) – holds over 1500 books at a time

Power Supply

• Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
• AC Power : Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz

• Battery Recharge

- AC adapter: Approx. 2 hours.
- USB-cable: Approx. 4 hours

• Read 7,500 page with a single charge

• AC Power adapter
• Long Life Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery.
• Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging.
• Fully recharges in 4 hours with USB 2.0 cable

Wireless

• No wireless
  

• Free wireless expanded to 50 states

Supplied Accessories

• PC Management Software
• Soft cover
• USB cable
• AC Power

• Power adapter
• USB 2.0 cable

Font

• 5 sizes

• 6 sizes

• magnetic soft cover magnetically adheres to device
  
• Touch screen-faster page turn
  
• built-in LED reading light.
  
• page forward or backward with finger swipe.
• stylus pen for highlighting and annotations.
• virtual keyboard
• 7500 continuous page turns without battery recharge
  
• sleek and trim
• Text and images zooms in and out
• content available from Sony ebook store and several websites
• transfer MP3 files for music
  

• Text-to-Speech feature allows Kindle to read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud to you
• New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases $9.99
• New 5-way controller
• 20% faster page turn than Kindle 1
• Images and  can be zoomed to the full size of the screen
• 50,000 audio titles from Audible.com
• New Whispersync technology allows you to switch back and forth between your Kindle devices  and iPhone.
• Basic Web browser reads simple, text-centric Web sites
• Transfer MP3 files to Kindle as background music while you read
• Free book samples
• Built in dictionary
• Search within books
• sleek and trim
• 25% more battery life than Kindle 1