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Sony Reader Touch review

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Verdict

The touchscreen delivers a bevy of exciting features, but it takes so much away from the reading experience it's difficult to recommend

Review Date: 16 Oct 2009

Reviewed By: Stuart Turton

Price when reviewed: £208 (£239 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code PRS-600
Review Date 16 Oct 2009
Price ex VAT £208
Price inc VAT £239
Overall rating 4 stars out of 6
Performance 4 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 3 stars out of 6
Screen
Screen size 6.0in
Resolution 600 x 800
Colour screen no
Touchscreen yes
Battery
Battery Life 7,500 page turns
Integrated memory 0.5GB
Memory-card type Memory Stick Duo, SD
Dimensions
Dimensions 121 x 9.8 x 174mm (WDH)
Weight 286g
File format support
Plain text yes
HTML no
RTF yes
PDF yes
EPUB yes
BBeB yes
AZW no
Microsoft Word yes
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