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PC Magazine have published their review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition (PRS-900BC) ebook reader. 'The Daily Edition is a classy looking device. It's constructed of aluminum with a black matte finish, and comes housed in a faux leather cover that makes it look like an executive day planner. The gadget itself measures 5.0 by 8.1 by 0.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 12.8 ounces; the cover adds an additional tenth of an inch of thickness. Along the bottom edge is a wireless radio switch, the power jack, a standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack, a mini-USB port, and a volume rocker switch. The right side contains covered expansion slots--more on those later--while the top edge contains a sliding power switch and a hidden stylus for writing on the screen. Five chrome buttons along the bottom control basic functions. Sony also bundles the AC adapter with the Daily Edition, unlike with the Touch Edition; each full charge should be good for about 12,000 page turns.'

PC Advisor have published their review of the Sony Reader PRS 300 Pocket Edition e-book reader. 'The Sony Reader PRS 300 Pocket Edition can store around 350 books on its 512MB of internal storage, compared to the 1,000 or so or its larger siblings. Sony bases this figure on a typical e-book being around 1.2MB in size; graphics-heavy books will take up more space. With a 5in display, the Sony Reader PRS 300 Pocket Edition puts itself head-to-head with the Hanvon readers. It's easily small enough to slip into a pocket, but heavier than rival offerings, thanks to the aluminium casing and chunky screen surround. We recommend investing in a protective case to prevent scratches.'

A review of the Sony Reader Pocket PRS-300 ebook reader has been posted over at Computeractive. 'Sony has been leading the charge of ebook readers in the UK (while Amazon's Kindle has been popular in America, the launch was delayed here - our review of the Kindle is coming soon). The PRS-300 is its third model, using the same e-ink technology as its predecessors. The other current model is the Touch edition, which has a touch-sensitive screen for turning the pages and switching between books. This model is a more stripped-down affair, with a smaller 5in screen that allows it to fit more comfortably in a pocket.'

PC Advisor have published their review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition wireless eBook reader. 'Like the Touch Edition, the Sony Reader Daily Edition has a touchscreen that you can manipulate with your fingers or with a stylus that slides into the device's upper left corner. You can turn pages forward (but not backward) with a finger swipe, and you get to choose whether to use left-to-right or right-to-lift action for this purpose. This feature generally worked well, but the device was unresponsive to our swipes intermittently, and ultimately we found it less annoying to depend on the hardware page-turn buttons below the display.'

The Gadgeteer have published a review of the Sony Pocket Edition Reader. 'The body of the Pocket reader appears to be aluminum. It is available in silver, navy blue, and rose. The cost-cutting measure that I think is most noticeable is the lack of the chrome-colored accents. The top/bottom/right edge of the reader is made of plastic, and the color coordinates with - but doesn't match - the body color. I think that's a little chintzy, but it's certainly no deal breaker. The back of the reader has a slightly rubbery feel, apparently to give you a better grip on the naked reader.'

Laptop Magazine have published their review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition eReader. 'The 8.1 x 5 x 0.6-inch Daily Edition is essentially a longer Sony Reader Touch Edition with 3G. Both readers have the same type of screen, touch interface, ports, and minimalist design. The Daily Edition is the same width as the 6-inch Touch Edition, so it fits comfortably in one hand. However, the longer 7-inch screen allows for more lines of text and two-column reading in landscape mode. Below the E-Ink screen sit five physical buttons: Previous/Next Page, Home, Zoom, and Options. A stylus is tucked into the upper left hand corner next to the power slide. Media slots for SD and Memory Stick Duo Cards are hidden behind a cover on the right edge. Along the bottom is a wireless on/off switch, mini-USB and headphone ports, volume controls, and the power port.'

A review of the Sony Digital Reader Touch Edition (PRS600) eReader has been posted over at the MobileRead Forums. 'As the PRS-600 has a touch screen, it comes will a metal stylus. I haven't used it much as I still have a Palm III metal stylus handy. Those of you who like heavy stylus will be disappointed to know that the PRS-600 stylus is much lighter than the Palm III metal stylus that's half it's length. I don't find it a big deal, just interesting to note. A couple of my friends have commented on how heavy the PRS feels already, so keeping the weight down is a good thing. The resistive touch screen itself is incredibly sensitive. More so than most of the Phones, PDAs I have had in the past. This should mitigate wear on the touch screen since the user can apply less pressure.

ZDNet have published a review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition ebook reader. 'The Sony Reader Daily Edition combines a touch screen interface with hardware controls to give you some flexibility while reading ebooks. However, most navigation is through the touch screen so the touch screen must be touched with your finger or stylus to get to different parts of the interface. Let's start by taking a look at the Home screen that appears when turned on and when you press the Home button (center of the 5 hardware buttons). On the Home screen you will find the display divided into three rows with a touch sensitive button row at the bottom above the hardware buttons. The upper row shows you the document cover, title, author, and time/date status of the last book you were reading.'

CNET have published their review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900BC - eBook reader. 'The Daily Edition's 7.1-inch screen offers a 1,024x600-pixel resolution and 16 levels of grayscale. Like most other electronic paper products, this model uses e-ink technology, which serves to make the letters and words on the screen look more printlike in their appearance. One of the characteristics of e-ink is that when you turn a page or scroll from one onscreen menu item to another, there's a slight delay as the screen refreshes. That's true of this model, too, but it has a faster processor than Sony's entry-level PRS-300. Its faster processor is helpful when accessing PDF files, particularly larger ones, and using the zoom feature on those documents. (Note: Larger screen e-readers are more suitable for viewing PDF files, but while this one doesn't do a great job with them, it does better than the Nook and the Kindle do).'

MobileTechReview have posted their "first look" review of the Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 eBook Reader. 'As with the PRS-600, the 900 has an excellent user interface that's very intuitive and on the 900, highly graphical. No staring at text-based lists of titles with little if any visual separation between content types (Kindle, I'm looking at you). Instead you've got a section for latest deliveries (generally speaking periodicals) with a cover shot, another section with a shortcut to continue reading your last book or periodical, a section listing books by cover and icons for all periodicals on the reader, collections (you create collections as way to organize content) and notes. Nice.'