page_title: Sony Reader
section_title: Touch Edition PRS-600
hierarchical_section_title: Sony Reader / Models and availability / 2009 Models (Discontinued late 2010) / Touch Edition PRS-600
caption_attribution_description: English: PRS 600 Displaying text
context_page_description: The 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. 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. The Reader also could display Adobe PDFs, ePub format, RSS newsfeeds, JPEGs, and Sony's proprietary BBeB format. Some Readers could play MP3 and unencrypted AAC audio files.
  Compatibility with Adobe digital rights management 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.
context_section_description: The PRS-600 was launched on August 2009 and it is also known as the "Touch Edition". The PRS-600 was announced at the same time as the non-touch-screen PRS-300. It is Sony's middle-Range device and it priced at US$299. It is the replacement for the PRS-700 model (although it is missing the front-light feature). It is Sony's higher-scale, touch-screen edition of the ereader. It has a similar interface to the PRS-700. Unlike the PRS-700 which was only available in black, the PRS-600 is available in three colors. Note if the device is locked, using the optional 4 digit pin it will not mount via USB, the lock option needs to be disabled in order to mount the device.
  This edition has been criticized for having a very reflective screen, making it hard to read unless it is angled just right in relation to the light sources.
  This edition offers the possibility to highlight, quote or underline the text you are reading. Moreover, it comes with features such as Music player via a jack.
  Specifications
  Size: 175.3 × 121.9 × 10.2mm (6.9" × 4.8" × 0.4")
  Weight: 286 g (10.1 oz)
  Display: 6 inch. touch-screen
  Resolution: 600 × 800 pixels
  Document Search Capability
  Built-in Dictionary: American Oxford and English Oxford
  eBook support extension
  DRM Text : ePub (Adobe DRM protected), PDF (Adobe DRM protected), BBeB Book (PRS DRM protected)
  Unsecured Text : ePub, BBeB Book, PDF5, TXT, RTF, Microsoft Word (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC)
  Gray scale: 8-levels gray scale
  Internal Memory: 512MB, 380MB accessible
  Expanded Memory: Support for Sony Memory Stick Pro DUO and SDHC up to @16 Gb
  Font Size: 5 adjustable font sizes
  Battery: Sealed internal, up to two weeks of reading on a single charge
  MSRP: US$170
  Available case colors:
  PRS-600BC: Black
  PRS-600SC: Silver
  PRS-600RC: Red
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