Borders had an exclusive contract for the Reader until the end of 2006. On 1 November 2006, Readers went on display and for sale at Borders bookstores throughout the US.
The PRS-500 (PRS standing for Portable Reader System) was made available in the United States in September 2006.
In late 2014, Sony released the Sony Digital Paper DPTS1 that is only aimed at professional business users that only view PDFs and it has a stylus for making notes.Contents1 Models and availability1.1 2013 Model (Discontinued in August 2014)1.1.1 Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T3S1.1.2 Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T31.2 2012 Model (Discontinued late 2013)1.2.1 Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T21.3 2011 Model (Discontinued late 2012)1.3.1 Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T11.4 2010 Models (Discontinued late 2011)1.4.1 Pocket Edition PRS-3501.4.2 Touch Edition PRS-6501.4.3 Daily Edition PRS-9501.5 2009 Models (Discontinued late 2010)1.5.1 Pocket Edition PRS-3001.5.2 Touch Edition PRS-6001.5.3 Daily Edition PRS-9001.6 2008 Model (Discontinued late 2009)1.6.1 PRS-7001.7 2007 Model (Discontinued late 2009)1.7.1 PRS-5051.8 2006 Model (Discontinued late 2007)1.8.1 PRS-5001.9 2004 Model1.9.1 Sony Librie EBR-1000EP2 Formats supported3 Official software3.1 MS Windows3.2 Apple Mac OS X3.3 Linux and other OS4 Third party tools5 Alternative firmware5.1 PRS 5.2 Ebook applications6 Internal OS7 Sales8 See also9 References10 External linksModels and availabilityTen models were produced. Although the owner could not share purchased eBooks on others' devices and accounts, the ability to register five Readers to a single account and share books accordingly was a possible workaround.On August 1, 2014, Sony announced that it would not make another consumer e-reader.
Some Readers could play MP3 and unencrypted AAC audio files.Compatibility with Adobe digital rights management (DRM) protected PDF and ePub files allowed Sony Reader owners to borrow ebooks from lending libraries in many countries.The DRM rules of the Reader allowed any purchased e-book to be read on up to six devices, at least one of which must be a personal computer running Windows or Mac OS X. The Reader also could display Adobe PDFs, ePub format, RSS newsfeeds, JPEGs, and Sony's proprietary BBeB ('BroadBand eBook') format.
It used an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, was viewable in direct sunlight, required no power to maintain a static image, and was usable in portrait or landscape orientation.Sony sold e-books for the Reader from the Sony eBook Library in the US, UK, Japan, Germany, Austria, Canada and was reported to be coming to France, Italy and Spain starting in early 2012.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Sony Reader FamilyManufacturerSonySeriesPRS-T3Availability by regionSeptember 8, 2013PredecessorPRS-T2Form factorSlateMass5.9 oz (167 g)Operating systemCustom version of Android (device) Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X (client software)Memory2 GiBRemovable storageSDHC Up to 32 GiBBatteryLithium-ionData inputsTouchscreenDisplay600×800 px,170 dpi resolution, 6' diagonal, 16- level grayscaleE-Ink electronic paperTouch-sensitiveConnectivityUSB 2.0The Sony Reader was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony, who produced the first commercial E Ink e-reader with the Sony Librie in 2004.