Re: [NTLK] New Sony eReader PRS-600: Newton/Kindle Killer?

Downloading books to the Kindle is done via Sprint's 3G network. Takes about
60 seconds.

Jim
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From: "Dan" <dan@dbdigitalweb.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] New Sony eReader PRS-600: Newton/Kindle Killer?

On 9/1/2009 1:13 AM, Ryan Vetter wrote:
> Well, the title is flashy, I know it is more complicated in terms of what
> a user prefers, but the new Sony eReaders (PRS-600) look pretty good. No,
> they don't have handwriting recognition, but with the eInk display and
> touch screen, it is a pretty compelling product. You can scribble notes
> on books, double touch a word to have the meaning pop up, comes with a
> stylus, swipe the screen to switch pages, etc. And it is a big
> improvement over the PRS-700 because the screen is much improved (less
> blurry due to the absence of inscreen lighting with the extra screen
> layer).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2y41XnRFGU&feature=fvw
>
> Ryan
Interesting, is this the unit that does not need power to maintain
displaying a page? If so they measure the battery in page turns which
seems like it was 15-20 books.

The screen does look nice and sharp (from that video anyway). From what
I have heard the Sony reader is much better than the Kindle. It has
been a while since I looked into the specs but I seem to remember
getting books into the kindle was similar to the rocketbook and either
required extra software (which they charged you for) or you had to
upload it to a server that allowed you a certain amount of space and
download it into the Kindle from there.

I really can't imagine what these manufacturers are thinking, it is not
that hard to design a unit that everyone wants rather than keep trying
to force what we don't want on us. Though the Sony is getting closer.

-Dan

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