There isn’t anything like the Amazon Reader’s consumer base as yet but that reputation may face a staggering halt with the coming of the PRS-350 from Sony. This cool 16-level grayscale e-ink reader has a brilliant 5-inch ‘clear touch’ screen, 2 GB in0built memory, hand-written text input and text input, 6-adjustable font sizes, support for PDF files as well as MSWord files, JEPG, PNG, GIF, BMP image formats, embedded multilingual formats, Reader Library software for PCs and Macs.

The Sony PRS-350 is expected to ship from today. Pick it up for $180.

[Cnet]