Friday, September 06, 2013

Sony Unveils PRS-T3 E-Reader

Shelf Awareness

Engadget offered an early peek at Sony's PRS-T3 e-reader, which was "sitting in one lonely corner of Sony's brightly lit booth on the floor" yesterday at IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) 2013 in Berlin. Among the "pretty cool innovations" were an integrated case and lighter weight.

In addition, Sony "claims to have bumped up the resolution and contrast on the display, though we didn't really notice much difference, for the record. We did, however, happily take note of the fact that the E Ink display has bucked those full page refreshes, much like the Kobo before it. No word on pricing, though the German Sony rep we spoke with mentioned that it will be launching tomorrow in this market at least," Engadget wrote.

Although the PRS-T3 is not shown on Sony's U.S. website yet, the German site is now taking advance orders for the new device at €139 (about US$184), and in the U.K. it is listed at £99.

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