| General | |
| Manufacturer: | Sony |
| Model: | PRS-500 |
| Measurements | |
| Dimensions (mm): (width x height x thickness) |
124 x 176 x 14 |
| Weight (g): | 250 |
| Display | |
| Display type: | E-Ink Vizplex |
| Screen Size: | 6 |
| Screen Resolution (px): | 600 x 800 |
| Grayscale: | 4 |
| Built-in lights: | No |
| Supported formats | |
| Text: | BBeB, DOC, LRF, PDF, RTF, TXT |
| Graphic: | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG |
| Audio: | AAC, MP3 |
| Processor | |
| Memory | |
| Read-only memory (ROM) (MB): | 64 |
| Memory Cards: | Memory Stick Duo, SD |
| Communications | |
| Multimedia | |
| Output of earphones: | 3.5 |
| Charging | |
| Running time (number of displayed pages) |
7500 |
| Charging | |
| Charging from USB: | Yes |
| Charging from the mains: | Yes |
| Additionally | |
| Features: | DOC format support after conversion to RTF |