Sony introduced Reader Pearl V220, a slightly lighter and thinner version of previous models.
The six inch eReader comes with an intuitive touch screen optimized for long-term reading. The new device is available in three colours – white, red or matte black. And, Sony is making the new eReader available with new social features and new home screen.
The glare-free, E-Ink Pearl V220 touch screen also has intuitive touch, more paper-like page turns, continuous page turns and a zoom in and out. The new device features a default book layout for organizing and find books. The device has two English language and four translation dictionaries built-in and provides up to two months battery life (with wireless off) and 2GB of storage. Readers can swipe a finger to turn a page, zoom in and out by pinching fingers together or apart or write notes on the page or highlight text with a finger or the supplied stylus. Users can also choose from eight font sizes and seven font styles.
The device includes new Facebook and Evernote features along with the ability to post a short passage from books purchased from Reader Store to Facebook directly from the device along with the book cover, author and title.
According to Sony, this product enables users for the first time to get access to Web content any time. Evernote’s Web Clipper allows saving content with a click, and pages saved with Evernote Clearly are optimized for Reader’s crisp E-Ink display. Favorite passages can also be annotated on Reader and saved back to Evernote for viewing later on any smartphone, tablet or PC.