The Road not Taken » Sony Reader http://www.wasthistheface.com Smarter than Average Book Reviews Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Coupon Corner http://www.wasthistheface.com/2009/02/coupon-corner-2/ http://www.wasthistheface.com/2009/02/coupon-corner-2/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:56:09 +0000 Daya http://www.wasthistheface.com/?p=516 The Sony reader is now available for $268.88 with free shipping at JR.com! Even better, you can get 100 “classic” eBooks for free via a mail in rebate (expires March 9)!

The details from JR.com:

  • Offers a unique, on-the-go reading experience and is the perfect travel companion. With a compact and lightweight design, you can take it almost anywhere and read your books whenever and wherever you want. More compact than many paperbacks, it weighs about 9 ounces (without cover), is 1/3″ thin, and holds up to 160 eBooks. You can easily hold it in one hand, and with its rechargeable battery, you can turn up to 7,500 continuous pages on a single charge.
  • Easy to read display: E-Paper display with quicker page turns
  • Premium design: Simple, yet sophisticated with easier navigation
  • plenty of internal memory, and a slot for optional removable memory cards, you can take hundreds of titles, user-selected Web content, or other supported documents for reading on the go. It will hold approximately 160 averaged sized eBooks in internal memory4 and hundreds more with optional removable memory cards.
  • 20MB Minimum available Hard Drive space
  • Screen Size: Approx. 6″ Measured Diagonally; Resolution: Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch; Gray Scale: 8-Level Grey Scale
  • Up to 7,500 page turns on full charge
  • Audio and picture playback
  • Dual SD Card and Memory Stick® Pro Duo Expansion Slot
  • Mountable USB Drive
  • Charges via USB
  • Unit Dimensions (Approx.): 6.9″ x 4.8″ x 0.3″ (175 x 122 x 8mm) / Weighs 9 ounces
  • Includes Tan Soft Case, USB Cable, Quick Start™ Guide, CD-ROM
  • Limited Warranty: Labor- 90 days from the date of purchase; Parts- 1 Year from the date of purchase
    • ]]>     http://www.wasthistheface.com/2009/02/coupon-corner-2/feed/ 0     Another Deal http://www.wasthistheface.com/2008/12/another-deal/ http://www.wasthistheface.com/2008/12/another-deal/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:43:47 +0000 Daya http://www.wasthistheface.com/?p=413 Best Buy is offering the Sony Reader for 199.99+ free shipping! This is definitely the lowest price I’ve seen for the Reader.

    • Silver
    • model no. PRS-505/SC
    • 9-oz.
    • E-Ink technology
    • 6″ screen
    • MP3 player
    • Memory Stick Duo
    • Secure Digital card slots,
    • room for up to 160 eBooks
    • USB connectivity
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