Box, electronic book reader
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 2008
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0362.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Sony PRS-505 Portable Reader System
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Heavy paper box exterior has shiny coated finish: predominantly black, with blue, grey and off-white text and graphics; unbleached interior.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.9 cm
- Width
- 15.4 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Specific: new/never used.
- Canada
-
Sony launched the Reader in Canada in 2008. It was the first and for some time the only device of its kind available in the country. Users download books to their personal computers from Sony’s eBook Store and then transfer them to the Reader. [Ref. 2] - Function
-
Holds contents of case immobile. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "SONY [registered symbol]", "Reader/ PRS-505/ Portable Reader System", "A revolutionary digital reading experience", "S/Silver" and "like.no.other [trade mark symbol]" appears on box front; French text translations of selected text also appear. "SONY/ Product Specifications", "Supplied Accessories", "Optimal Accessory" and "eBook Library (PC software) System Requirements", legal and mfr. info. among markings which appear on box panels, with French text translations of selected text- please see complete text reproduced in Multimedia and Supp. Info. file.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Heavy paper box exterior has shiny coated finish: predominantly black, with blue, grey and off-white text and graphics; unbleached interior.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, electronic book reader, circa 2008, Artifact no. 2009.0362, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2009.0362.006/
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