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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.'

PC World have published a review of the Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600). 'This device looks like a refined version of Sony's previous full-size reader (the PRS-700), with a 6-inch, 8-grayscale E Ink screen framed by a metallic case (available in silver, black, or red). Though it's on the heavy side for a reader (at just over 10 ounces), it's only a couple of ounces heavier than its smaller sibling, the Sony Reader Pocket Edition. The stylus slides smoothly in and out from a slot in the top right of the case. Sony provides a neoprene pouch to protect the screen in transit.'

Pocket-lint have published a review of the Sony PRS-600 Reader Touch Edition ebook reader. 'Out of the box you have a device that closely resembles the size and weight of the original PRS-505 Sony Reader, measuring 121 x 174.3 x 9.8mm and weighing 286g. The new screen dominates the front, giving you 6-inches of visible screen space, with an 800 x 600 pixel resolution and supporting 8 levels of greyscale. A line of hard button controls runs across below the screen. The front carries the same aluminium finish to other Sony Readers such as the Pocket Edition which launched at the same time. The back is plastic, but has a tactile feel to it's nice to hold. The build quality and the finish is very good, which you'd expect it to be for a device that comes with this sort of price tag.'

The Register Hardware have published a review of the Sony Reader PRS-300 Pocket Edition. 'Physically, the Pocket resembles a shrunken and tidied up version of the 505. At 107 x 158 x 10mm, it's the same thickness as the Touch, but 14mm narrower and 17mm shorter. At 220g, it weighs a noticeable 66g less. Without a touchscreen, the controls are once again placed on the device's face, but there are only ten rather than the 17 the 505 had, and the layout is far neater. The ten number keys from the 505 have been condensed into five rocker buttons, while the navigation keys have been simplified into a circular navpad and four buttons to, respectively, take you to the Home menu, zoom in or out on text - though you only get three size options rather than the five you get with the Touch - add a bookmark, and go back a step.'

The Register Hardware have published their review of the Sony PRS-600 Reader Touch Edition. 'Like the 505, the 600 has an aluminium case which makes for a solid and flex-free bit of kit that should last the course. In order to keep the front as clear as possible, all the necessary ports, sockets and switches are crammed into the top and bottom edges of the device. Up top there are slots for both SD and Memory Stick Duo storage expansion, along with the on/off switch and a stylus - more on this below - while down below sit a 3.5mm headphones jack, mini USB port and power socket. Since Sony doesn't bundle a power adaptor, you'll have recharge the 600 using the supplied USB cable and a handy powered-up personal computer. This takes four hours opposed to just two with a 5.2V mains charger.'

PC Advisor have published a review of the Sony Reader Touch Edition. The Sony Reader Touch Edition looks like a refined version of Sony's previous full-size reader (the PRS-700), with a 6-inch, 8-grayscale E Ink screen framed by a metallic case (available in silver, black, or red). Though it's on the heavy side for a reader, 286g, it's only a couple of ounces heavier than its smaller sibling, the Sony Reader Pocket Edition. The stylus slides smoothly in and out from a slot in the top right of the case. Sony provides a neoprene pouch to protect the Sony Reader Touch Edition's screen in transit.'