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Review: Sony PRS-700

The slick touchscreen and clean menus make the PRS-700 easy to befriend. Reading aficionados will appreciate the gesture-controlled page turns and the LED sidelights. Though the device comes with a stylus, it often responds better to your fingertip. Sony PRS-700 6/10 Learn How We Rate Wired User interface is a breeze. Handles PDFs like a […]
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Rating:

6/10

WIRED
User interface is a breeze. Handles PDFs like a pro. Sidelights are a blessing for considerate insomniacs.
TIRED
Screen looks better than it works: Major glare kills eyes, some text looks fuzzy, and touch controls are finicky.

The slick touchscreen and clean menus make the PRS-700 easy to befriend. Reading aficionados will appreciate the gesture-controlled page turns and the LED sidelights. Though the device comes with a stylus, it often responds better to your fingertip.

EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this review was published with a simulated screen, which was part of a meta-puzzle in the May 2009 issue of Wired magazine. We have replaced that illustration with the original photo.

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