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08/04/09
If I want listen to music, I put on my crappy iPhone.
There's no point of having one built into the reader.
08/05/09
08/05/09
Yeah. I have to agree here. I never use it but so what? It's not like it's in my way. These days it's such a cheap feature, it's not like it added a bunch to the price. It's one of those things where everyone in the mobile device space has it. Because everyone has it, everyone has to have it. We all know how it goes with product managers. There's a list with bullet points and this is on it. Big deal.
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08/05/09
Sony has touchscreen which is nice. Looks like it might be a bit smaller and lighter with the same screen size. While I'd like all that, I'd still rather have the EVDO access. It's pretty darn convenient. Even if Sony comes out with WiFi, it won't be as compelling to me. I do hope this will inspire Amazon a bit on the hardware front, though.
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08/04/09
1) Backlight screens introduce eye fatigue (probably the most important distinction).
2) There are no PDA devices that are this thin and light like these, and with large screens like 5" or 6"
3) These readers have awesome battery life which no PDA or laptop can even remotely compare to.
08/05/09
I agree. I can read on my phone's 3.5" screen for awhile but it's not nearly as comfortable as eInk even though the resolution is quite nice. Now give me a lightweight tablet or PDA with a PixelQi screen and then we can talk.
08/04/09
BTW, your book store sucks. Ever try to find anything there?
08/05/09
I love Sony's hardware designs. They just seem to struggle with software and user experience. They've had readers out since 2006 and still got their butts handed to them by Amazon because their store, feature set, and management software sucked. I watched them go through two generations of readers with great interest but never bought one because they lacked basic features like content search and a dictionary. Most people I know that have Sony readers don't even bother with their store. They buy at places like Fictionwise, Baen's and Books on Board. Four years later, Sony's finally getting a clue about the features people want. That's an eon in this business. It took them almost two years to realize that having a reader with fewer features and a store that charged more for books was not a winning strategy against Amazon. Duh.
11/25/08
Glare on a device intended to accommodate the human eye for hours on end as it sweeps across the viewable field in an attempt to resolve tiny characters? Unreal.
Reminds me, to a large extent, of a certain non-matte-screen-able laptop...
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Isn't that statement assuming that we all carry books around right now?
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It will actually fit into the back pocket of my jeans, though that thought terrifies me. (Hearing the "crack" in my head as we speak. Jibblies!)
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