The Sony Reader is a newly hashed idea to cater to the bookworms of America in order to usher them into the rapidly developing digital world. Some of the features include an electronic paper display and a convenient size, being just about the size of a paperback novel http://news.sony.com. Another plus of this new gadget is its battery life which boasts seventy-five hundred page turns or about eleven Harry Potter Novels, which is impressive for any device in the electronic realm.
The Reader works along with PDF files as well as a new program produced by Sony in conjunction with the release of the Reader called BBeB or Broadband Electronic Books. Affiliating itself with several prominent publishing houses, Sony has cut a deal to sell the digital books at a price that is 20-30% less than the price of prominent bookstores like Borders or Barnes and Nobles.
The technology that has made this particular innovation possible is e ink. E ink is a technological advance that allows print on screen to display in a clear manners that allows for an easy read as well as a quick refresh rate that allows the eyes to adjust to each turning page with ease. E ink has made major strides in the new and developing market of e books, which are emerging within the digital media realm. With several new innovations under its belt e ink has little competition. It boasts several advantages, such as, brighter display, gray levels, display controls, ease of page-turning, as well as some other conveniences that are not purely technological but are more common sense, such as, screen sizes, lightweight hardware, and USB and printer ports for easy transfer of files.
Sony has made it possible to move files from the Reader to the PC at home so that readers may enjoy their novels from many different sources if they chose to do so, although a limit has been placed on the amount of “sharing” that may be done and is set at six devices per novel. A few other unique capabilities of this e book are accessing and utilizing JPEG files and being able to play MP3 files along with the ability to run the novels in several different formats, as well as the reader’s option of reading certain selected RSS feeds right from their Reader.
The Sony Reader does hold its appeal with the literary-inclined computer nerd in this day and age although it is a personal decision as to whether or not it is a necessity at three hundred dollars per device.
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This sounds like a really good idea. I've read some e-books before, and I've found that a lot of text gets to be annoying to read on a computer monitor, especially for long periods of time. It sounds like this may be a better alternative. I'd be interested to see how well this product takes off, as well as other ways it could be used, such as on iPods and cell phones.
Posted by Tim Nary | November 17, 2007 1:33 PM
Posted on November 17, 2007 13:33