Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-505 user reviews (silver)

Cons Would be a 10 if it had some light source, Adobe PDF's can't be enlarged on October 17, 2007 by watsdamattau  | Read full review

Cons A little slow sometimes, only Windows compatible, Sony Connect store is limited, ebooks cost more than Kindle on August 26, 2008 by ESUNintel  | Read full review

Cons Having to buy charger, no (direct) Mac support on July 25, 2008 by dmclean62  | Read full review

Cons page turning take a second on December 3, 2008 by andhowdc  | Read full review

Cons You have to charge with USB unless you buy accessory of a DC input on January 2, 2008 by Conneriscool  | Read full review

Cons There is a flaw in the product. Turning pages with thumb pressure in the left hand corner can damage the screen, not accepted by Sony under warranty, and not acknowledged by Sony. Too many books are being returned damaged. on October 27, 2008 by petroosp  | Read full review

Cons Still hoping for a Lightwedge designed for these 6" e-ink devices. on November 15, 2007 by AFC RW  | Read full review

Cons not waterproof (bad for the beach) & and books too expensive on November 15, 2007 by rbrt7  | Read full review

Cons slow in reading other formats such as pdf, rtf (good with .lrf), black and white, the software needs improvement on November 21, 2007 by ajayvm  | Read full review

Cons When it fails - as it will (seemingly - mine lasted 20 months) don't expect Sony to be interested at all. Customer service? Customer DIS-service more like. Apalling, simply apalling. Shame on you Sony. on October 15, 2010 by kellys_eye  | Read full review

Cons The battery life is not as advertised. Three to four charges for just one book! Listening to music really drains the battery so not very useful. Reader also freezes at times and screen is very delicate so not very portable which is a big drawback. on April 6, 2010 by georgemaher1980  | Read full review

Cons can't operate while charging. Also takes a bit of time to start reading again, if many books are added at once. on December 6, 2009 by johndmoon  | Read full review

Cons Very confusing at first to download books, not alot of choice/prices often substantially higher than in stores.
Main issue poor manufacture - broke after 9 months, returned to Sony and waited 2 months then refused to cover under the warranty! on November 19, 2009 by ReaderHGTE  | Read full review

Cons Using both the reader and mp3 player functions at the same time can drain the battery faster - in about an hour. Could use improved music controls. on October 23, 2009 by TechBuck  | Read full review

Cons Poor battery life on September 9, 2009 by riever49  | Read full review

Cons - Too fragile
- Menus are too tedious.
- The battery last much less than specified.
- Does not includes a battery charger.
- Should have an accelerometer, like iPhones
- Finally, the worst Technical Service on earth. on August 3, 2009 by nekonoke  | Read full review

Cons Missing hirarchical sturure for storing large number of documents or books, Magnification of fonts needs more work from SONY. on July 28, 2009 by Vijay55555  | Read full review

Cons Page turning can take a sec but it's not a huge deal on July 26, 2009 by chrstne39  | Read full review

Cons Not back lit. that's it. on June 12, 2009 by JSX_mp3  | Read full review