Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 vs Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600

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Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 compared with Reader Touch Edition PRS-600

	SonyReader Pocket Edition PRS-350	SonyReader Touch Edition PRS-600
Overview
Released
Released	September 2010	August 2009
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	5″	6″
Resolution
Resolution	800 × 600	800 × 600
Sharpness
Sharpness	200 pixels per inch (calculated) (better)	167 pixels per inch (calculated)
Colour
Colour	No	No
Front light
Front light	No	No
Display detail
Display detail	E Ink Pearl electronic paper with 16 greyscale levels and optical touch sensing	E Ink Vizplex touchscreen; 800 × 600 resolution and eight greyscale levels reported by MobileTechReview
Front light
Front light	No built-in light; optional illuminated cover	No integrated light; optional cover with reading light
Page turns and refresh
Page turns and refresh	–	Finger swipe or physical page controls; five text sizes, page zoom and landscape orientation
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	Yes	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	Yes	Yes
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	No	Yes
Storage
Storage	2 GB (better)	380 MB
Software
Software	Other	Other
Formats
Formats	EPUB, PDF and TXT; Japanese version also supports XMDF and .book content; JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP images	EPUB, PDF, BBeB, TXT and RTF; Word converted to RTF; JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP; Adobe DRM EPUB and PDF supported
Book store
Book store	Sony Reader Store at launch; books transferred through a computer	Computer-based Sony eBook Store downloads offered at launch; manual USB and memory-card transfer
Library loans
Library loans	–	Adobe-format public-library loans supported
Stylus
Stylus	Included touch pen for handwritten notes and annotations	Included pen with body storage slot
Note taking
Note taking	Handwritten annotations, highlights, bookmarks, text notes and dictionary lookup	Handwritten book annotations, highlights, text notes and standalone drawings; Oxford English dictionary lookup
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 2.5 weeks	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Built-in lithium-ion battery; up to 2.5 weeks reading 30 minutes per day under revised test, or approximately 10,000 continuous page turns; older test claimed 14 days at 75 minutes per day	Up to approximately 7,500 continuous page turns at approximately one page per second in the maker's manual test
Charging
Charging	Micro-USB computer charging approximately 3 hours; optional PRSA-AC1 adaptor approximately 2 hours	Computer USB; optional AC-S5220E mains adaptor
Connectivity
Connectivity	Micro-USB; no Wi-Fi, 3G or memory card slot; approximately 1.4 GB user-accessible internal storage	USB; Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo and SD/SDHC card slots; approximately 380 MB available for user content
Audio
Audio	No audio playback or headphone socket	3.5 mm headphone socket; unprotected MP3 and AAC audio only
Design
Weight
Weight	155 g (better)	286 g
Materials
Materials	Aluminium body	–
Size
Size	104.3 × 145 × 8.5 mm excluding projections; maximum 104.6 × 145.4 × 9.2 mm	121 × 174.3 × 9.8 mm
Colours
Colours	Silver and pink	Black, silver and red
In the box
In the box	Touch pen, USB cable and documentation	Reader, stylus, USB cable, protective sleeve and quick-start guide