Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 vs Sony Reader PRS-T2

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Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 compared with Reader PRS-T2

	SonyReader Pocket Edition PRS-350	SonyReader PRS-T2
Overview
Released
Released	September 2010	August 2012
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 Pearl V220 electronic paper with 16 greyscale levels and optical touch sensing
Front light
Front light	No built-in light; optional illuminated cover	No built-in light; optional cover with reading light
Page turns and refresh
Page turns and refresh	–	Finger swipe or physical page buttons; pinch-to-zoom, eight font sizes and seven font styles
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	Yes	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	Yes	Yes
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	No	No
Storage
Storage	2 GB	2 GB
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 and TXT; JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP images; Japanese specifications also list XMDF, .book and region-specific .mnh content
Book store
Book store	Sony Reader Store at launch; books transferred through a computer	Built-in Wi-Fi Reader Store downloads offered at launch; web-based store and manual computer file transfer
Library loans
Library loans	–	Wireless public-library borrowing offered through participating Canadian libraries at launch
Stylus
Stylus	Included touch pen for handwritten notes and annotations	Included touch pen; no pen storage slot on the body (Laptop Mag)
Note taking
Note taking	Handwritten annotations, highlights, bookmarks, text notes and dictionary lookup	Handwritten notes, highlights and text notes; Facebook quotation sharing and Evernote integration offered at launch
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	Maker claims up to 2 months with wireless off or 1.5 months with wireless on, using its 30-minute daily reading pattern; Japanese 30,000-page claim uses continuous XMDF page turns
Charging
Charging	Micro-USB computer charging approximately 3 hours; optional PRSA-AC1 adaptor approximately 2 hours	Computer USB charging approximately 2.5 hours; optional PRSA-AC10 mains adaptor approximately 2 hours
Connectivity
Connectivity	Micro-USB; no Wi-Fi, 3G or memory card slot; approximately 1.4 GB user-accessible internal storage	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP/WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal and WPS; micro-USB; microSD up to 2 GB and microSDHC up to 32 GB; approximately 1.3 GB usable internal storage
Audio
Audio	No audio playback or headphone socket	No audio playback or headphone socket
Design
Weight
Weight	155 g (better)	164 g
Materials
Materials	Aluminium body	–
Size
Size	104.3 × 145 × 8.5 mm excluding projections; maximum 104.6 × 145.4 × 9.2 mm	110 × 173 × 9.1 mm excluding projections; maximum 110 × 173.3 × 10 mm
Colours
Colours	Silver and pink	Matte black, white and red
In the box
In the box	Touch pen, USB cable and documentation	Touch pen, USB cable and quick-start guide; Japanese specifications include a protective pouch