Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600 vs Sony Reader PRS-T2

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Reader Touch Edition PRS-600 compared with Reader PRS-T2

	SonyReader Touch Edition PRS-600	SonyReader PRS-T2
Overview
Released
Released	August 2009	August 2012
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	6″	6″
Resolution
Resolution	800 × 600	800 × 600
Sharpness
Sharpness	167 pixels per inch (calculated)	167 pixels per inch (calculated)
Colour
Colour	No	No
Front light
Front light	No	No
Display detail
Display detail	E Ink Vizplex touchscreen; 800 × 600 resolution and eight greyscale levels reported by MobileTechReview	E Ink Pearl V220 electronic paper with 16 greyscale levels and optical touch sensing
Front light
Front light	No integrated light; optional cover with reading light	No built-in 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	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	Yes	No
Storage
Storage	380 MB	2 GB (better)
Software
Software	Other	Other
Formats
Formats	EPUB, PDF, BBeB, TXT and RTF; Word converted to RTF; JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP; Adobe DRM EPUB and PDF supported	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	Computer-based Sony eBook Store downloads offered at launch; manual USB and memory-card transfer	Built-in Wi-Fi Reader Store downloads offered at launch; web-based store and manual computer file transfer
Library loans
Library loans	Adobe-format public-library loans supported	Wireless public-library borrowing offered through participating Canadian libraries at launch
Stylus
Stylus	Included pen with body storage slot	Included touch pen; no pen storage slot on the body (Laptop Mag)
Note taking
Note taking	Handwritten book annotations, highlights, text notes and standalone drawings; Oxford English dictionary lookup	Handwritten notes, highlights and text notes; Facebook quotation sharing and Evernote integration offered at launch
Design
Weight
Weight	286 g	164 g (better)
Size
Size	121 × 174.3 × 9.8 mm	110 × 173 × 9.1 mm excluding projections; maximum 110 × 173.3 × 10 mm
Colours
Colours	Black, silver and red	Matte black, white and red
In the box
In the box	Reader, stylus, USB cable, protective sleeve and quick-start guide	Touch pen, USB cable and quick-start guide; Japanese specifications include a protective pouch
Connections and battery
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to approximately 7,500 continuous page turns at approximately one page per second in the maker's manual test	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	Computer USB; optional AC-S5220E mains adaptor	Computer USB charging approximately 2.5 hours; optional PRSA-AC10 mains adaptor approximately 2 hours
Connectivity
Connectivity	USB; Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo and SD/SDHC card slots; approximately 380 MB available for user content	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	3.5 mm headphone socket; unprotected MP3 and AAC audio only	No audio playback or headphone socket