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Sony Reader Q&A

Kardster — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:46:54 EDT

Although the eReader could be great for carrying around a bunch of manuals, the manuals are likely to be in PDF format, which woukld likely require a decent zoom and pan capability to make technical documents usable. Unfortunately, those capabilities are limited.

Kardster

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Ni Tsu Alien — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:26:37 EDT

I'd love to have one of these for the equipment manuals I have to refer to constantly at work (and some leisure reading in my spare time.)

Ni Tsu Alien

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Jeff The Riffer — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:41:12 EDT

Blitzcat, I believe the margin on the display is just the margin in the particular document displayed in the photograph. The unit does have a large case but this is the first E-ink consumer product that's "real" so I'm not surprised its bulky.

And it's not a PDA. The idea is to just read books. Nothing else. This has a lot of use for someone who needs to carry around lots of manuals, technical references, contracts and other mish-mash.

I suspect it won't completely flop but probably won't be a big hit. The display technology is the neatest part.

Jeff The Riffer

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blitzcat — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:10:12 EDT

Why does it have a huge thick case border, and then an additional margin on the text on the screen? Very inefficient as a reader, the text column is only just over half as wide as the reader itself. Stick with a better designed PDA.

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Kardster — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:03:14 EDT

If this is truly a highly-anticipated device, Sony would come out with it. I'd guess that a combination of the device's limitations and high price are major contributors to the continual delays...

Kardster

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Big B — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:49:50 EDT

I think this one will flop like a badly baked cake. It's expensive, looks fragile, and has no paper. There's a certain comfort in reading a book, the smell of the ink and pages, turning pages and watching yourself progress, etc. Also, you can stuff a small paperback in the botton of your bag or in your back pocket and not worry about it cracking in half. When they come out with E-book readers that roll up like a scroll (using flexible e-ink screens, of course) I might consider buying one.

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jonyah — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:47:08 EDT

Sony may have just delayed this one too many times for me. I was really wanting to get one of these badly, but the delays are killing me. The other option right now is priced too high, so this may be another opportunity missed.

jonyah