Sony’s New eReader Provides Book Lovers a More Natural, Smart, & Social Experience
Toronto, August 16, 2012 – Today SonyCanada introduced the Reader™ (PRS-T2), a light and thin 6” eReader with an enhanced, intuitive touch screen optimized for long-term reading and the most natural, immersive reading experience. Available in three colours – white, red or matte black – the Sony Reader offers new social features and a simplified and intuitively designed home screen.
The most natural, intuitive eReading experience
The glare-free, E-Ink® Pearl V220 touch screen has been enhanced for optimal long-term reading. It now features intuitive touch, more paper-like page turns, improved continuous page turns and a smoother zoom in and out. The new device features an improved default book layout and makes it easier to organize and find books. The device has two English and four translation dictionaries built-in (including French), 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.
Share content wherever you are
The device includes new Facebook® and Evernote® features. Consumers now have 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.
For the first time, Reader is combining features from Evernote to allow users to save their favourite web content to enjoy any time. Evernote’s Wed Clipper allows saving content with a click, and pages saved with Evernote Clearly are optimized for Reader’s crips E-Ink display. Favourite passages can also be annotated on Reader and saved back to Evernote for viewing later on any smartphone, tablet, or PC.
Books at your fingertips from Reader Store and Public Library System
With built-in Wi-Fi®, the Reader PRS-T2 offers readers more access to books anytime and anywhere. Sony continues to offer its popular and critically-acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from participating public libraries in Canada via an intuitive, simple-to-use dedicated icon on the device.
Beyond borrowing free books from public libraries, book lovers can also continue to access and download their favourite e-books, newspapers and magazines from Reader™ Store directly to the device using a Wi-Fi connection. Reader Store now offers a web-based Store, giving consumers more freedom to read the content they love, anytime and anywhere.
Reader Store accounts are now accessible from any web browser, and sign-in and purchases can be done without having to install any software to a computer. The web store officially supports the latest browsers on Windows® and Mac® operating systems, including Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Chrome™ and Firefox®. Any book purchased via a web browser will be waiting on the Reader app or wireless device, ready to be read.
As part of Sony’s collaboration with Pottermore and the Pottermore Shop (the exclusive home of the Harry Potter eBooks), Sony will offer a voucher to redeem against the first eBook in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, for a limited time and while quantities last. The voucher will be included in the box and can be redeemed at the Pottermore Shop following purchase of the new Reader PRS-T2.
Sony Reader PRS-T2 is available now for about $139 at Sony Stores, online at www.sony.ca/reader and other authorized retailers nationwide. Accessories for Sony Reader include an AC adapter, Cover, and a Cover with light in matching colours.
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