I purchased the Sony PRS-505 in February 2009. For the first month or so I had no problem with the device and was really loving it. Then suddenly would begin to freeze and I would have rolled back through the small hole on the back and it would be nice to be back for a while. It happened several times over the next few months, and I called customer support on three occasions and went through the whole reinstall, re-calculated, etc. I think even bought the expensive Sony AC adapter, which could contribute to the collection with my PC. Since this is only a small problem to fix itself, I eventually lived with him.

Sony then upgrade to 3.0 software and the fact that another disaster was, it seemed, they can see a few problems with the 2.0 software was (namely, for me the possibility to connect to the Sony Store easy), but also removes some of the outstanding characteristics of the firm have used software such as the possibility of paying pounds (it only works when you set up a collection and not transmitted) in the main library and now click and drag / on a train an entire collection. But these were little annoyances, so I lived with them.

Then about 8 months after I bought them suddenly, the power button is not turned off and the sides would again freeze. I would have a hard shutdown every time I wanted it off, because the sleep mode no longer works so well. After a couple of puts it to work again for a few weeks. Then began the dismantling of the battery after only reading a 200 page book. While all this was occurring, I had built my PC again and the Sony e-library and re-installed the first time that I re-charged after I got my computer back all of my problems seemed to go with it, so I thought that mabye the problem had something to do with my computer. So for the next few months as it was in the first month I had bought it and I was back in my honeymoon phase of the love of the instrument. Then three days ago, the power button and the battery began to fail again, and now Sony will not recognize my library when I connect the reader and says it is a mistake.

This sucks really, because the main reason I bought this e-reader on the Kindle, as most books I buy are not available or too expensive to buy on Amazon, and I have it downloaded on my computer before transferring it anyway . FYI: I rarely buy from the Sony store, because the books are just as expensive as the Kindle Store. One of my favorite e-book trade is fictionwise.com, which actually is part of Barnes and Noble, so that if all bought my books on there would be transferable to the new Nook that soon a miracle? In any case, this site is great because it gives you several options in the formats for download here (through multi-format option only, are not offered all the books in this way will be) and if the book you can go back and reload Bought it as many times as you like in one of the formats through the multi-format option offered, for when I finally to change and the devices have a different format, but will not buy the book once again is great.

Just think a little info for those of you that you absolutely can buy from the Sony store. Each e-book Web site invites the book on your computer in a convertible format, Sony (just check each site size options) to transfer before you buy and you only in your Sony e-reader with a few clicks on the keyboard. Some may not be as slim as the. LTF Sony format, but is still legible.

Back to my review .... At this point I am totally with this e-book readers are tired of waiting for the reviews of Nook on the new Barnes and Noble to see if maybe an option to buy. It disturbs me greatly that I had this e-reader for less than a year and am ready to throw it out the window. I'm tired of professional customer service and I am really sad that I have had so much trouble with this device, because I love the sturdy aluminum frame on the plastic frame of the Kindle, and I never really saw no need for the keyboard that takes up so much space on the Kindle. I also liked the fact that I had books on the library to download it, and my own collections, further minimizing any key to use in accessing my books, it also has a Memory Stick slot to make a backup copy of all books easily. These were the outlets in choosing the Sony over the Kindle. Although the price of the Kindle has gone down considerably at this point, Sony has a lot more points in order to sell it than to buy the Kindle. It's just a shame that I apparently bought a unit that was a lemon.