Sony PRS-T1

Sony PRS-T1
alaScore 92

345 reviews

May, 2013

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 345 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the battery and performance. The screen and portability are also appreciated, whereas there are some mixed comments about the value for money.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other eReaders the Sony PRS-T1 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.

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Sony PRS-T1 Review

 

The Sony PRS-T1, also known as the Reader Wi-Fi, marks a big change for the Sony Reader brand. Sony did away with the aluminum casing that made the previous models unique, replacing it with plastic, and completely changed the user interface to boot....

New font choices look great, darker fonts, better contrast ; Pinch-zooming is nice for PDFs, images, and web browser ; Add freehand notes, on-screen markup ; Can download ebooks with the web browser, including from non-Sony sites like Kobo and...

Glossy plastic frame is reflective, isn't as classy as older Sony Readers ; No partial page refresh setting, full refresh every page ; Pretty fast overall, but sometimes lags, more so with PDFs ; Excessive screen flashing at times with the web browser...

The PRS-T1 is a pleasant surprise from Sony. They managed to cut the price from previous models considerably, and add a bunch of new features without sacrificing any of the ereading features from before that made the Sony Reader brand so popular. It...

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Sony PRS-T1

 

The Sony PRS T1BC offers the same core reading experience as the Sony PRS Touch Edition: excellent reading screen, convenient navigation via the ultra-responsive touchscreen, support for multiple book formats, month-long battery life, and multiple page...

An open platform, the Sony PRS T1BC lets you download books from the Sony eBook store and a host of other eBookstores including Kobo. Hard drive can be surmounted with microSD card for added storage as well as USB from drop-and-dragging files....

eBooks at the Sony Reader Store are more expensive than rival bookstores (Kindle, Nook, Kobo). Also, choices are fewer. The eReader doesn’t support taps for turning pages. To go up or back a page, you have to swipe the left or right corner of the page....

Based on specs alone, Sony has created an able rival for the Kindle in the Sony PRS T1BC. Perhaps what the company needs to do next, if it really wants to advance in the eReader game, is to improve its eBookstore and eReader services

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Amazon review summary for the Sony PRS-T1

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of the Sony PRS-T1 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

70% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Mother in law very happy

 

Purchased this for my mother in law and she simply loves it. Now I'm her favorite son in law. Yea

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A good e reader

 

Pro: This is a OK reader and faster than my last. I like that it is so much lighter than my old Sony PRS300.Con: Won't put books on the SD card, no matter how many times I follow directions from the manual. No protective case comes with it (Sony PRS300...

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Best ereader I have ever seen

 

It is very thin and it has light weight, good touch screen, ergonomic light grey e-ink screen. Easy russian localisation. It's OS is Android 2.2, so it is easy to setup any soft.

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Great reader.

 

eBook readers... For years I was against using them, for I owned a rooted (and custom rommed) B&N Nook Color tablet. And I could never get used to reading on that thing. But then my roommate got a Kindle Touch WiFi and I used it for a while... I loved...

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Avoid at all cost

 

Run, don't walk from this device. The reader works fine. The Sony synch software "Reader for PC" is an abomination, as is Sony tech support for this product. I have owned the reader for about 7 months and it has consistently produced errors: "Internal...

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Great for PDF Files

 

I did a very extensive research before making my choice. I wanted an e reader mostly for PDF files, because I have a lot of PDF books in different languages. Kindle keyboard was a big temptation, because of the 3G and the text to speech option, but...

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Almost Perfect Purchase

 

Almost perfect purchase. SONY PRS-T1: Pros: 1. Very light and easy to use. 2. Good display. 3. After Rooting can read almost all popular formats 4. After Rooting I have installed some very nice and useful apps. 5. Key Panel is very useful, especially...

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