Home » News » Peripheral News » Sony Launches 2G Touchscreen eBook Reader » Comments

Comments for Sony Launches 2G Touchscreen eBook Reader

Comments

Please wait while we process your request

Please wait while we retrieve the user's information

Bio

Your bio is currently empty. Now is a great time to fill in your profile.

This profile is private.

This profile is only shared with friends.

This profile is under review.

We were unable to request friendship with this user.

We were unable to request friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

Your friendship request has been sent to this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

You are no longer friends with this user.

We were unable to ignore this user.

We were unable to ignore this user. Are you logged in?

This user is now ignored.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user. Are you logged in?

This user is no longer ignored.

pluck_user_mp-abuse_too_long_err

Name withheld

Norbury

1:52 PM on 3 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Norbury. Show Details Hide Details

Now that looks more like it. Hated the cluttered fascia of the first one.

Score:

Name withheld

Singularity

2:03 PM on 3 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Singularity. Show Details Hide Details

Any information on the screen resolution?

Score:

Name withheld

Darfuria

2:53 PM on 3 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Darfuria. Show Details Hide Details

This is good news, though I feel sorry for the people who just bought into the first one.

Score:

Name withheld

Matt G Baish

4:17 PM on 3 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Matt G Baish. Show Details Hide Details

@Singularity: Identical resolution to the PRS-505 (about 167 dots per inch I think from memory).

See here for load of info: http://news.sel.sony.com/assets/Reader_2008/

(although spec sheet is `coming soon`)

@Darfuria 'I feel sorry for the people who just bought into the first one.' Don't feel sorry for us we are very happy with our purchases & (by the look of it on the mobileread forums) most will probably not upgrade, but will wait a generation (for me that depends on how much quicker the OS is on the PRS-700 with its touted faster processor and whether it turns out to have 16 colour grayscale rather than the 8 of the PRS-505).

Personally I am not bothered about touch screen for reading books (finger prints) - but for those people who like annotating (stoodents and their ilk) this will be a boon. What I really would have liked in the tocuch feely department would be an invisible page turning sensor on the metal case (i.e. caress right for next page, left for previous or whatever) but that's probably just me.

Also with wireless, I am indifferent on what is essentially a posh book (BTW the 2G in the title of this article threw me for a bit - WAP on a Sony Reader anyone?! ;^)) - this is only really useful if you like to buy books on the go. I don't do either; everything I have read on my reader in the last 6 months (apart from a couple of issues of Interzone) has been free and since you can carry 200-odd books on the PRS-505 I have plenty to read whilst I am on the go.

For me the `real` next gen should have; 8" screen, higher res (300 dots per inch would be nice), better contrast and whiter `paper`. Oh and colour! ;^) Next gen after that maybe a rollable display! (like the Readius but better-er). But *all* of those depend on new screens being produced by whoever it is that makes them (I forget) so it will probably be a while off yet (& forget the PlasticLogic offering - it will be aimed at business & cost a small fortune).

Score:

Name withheld

SteveRinger

2:18 PM on 5 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore SteveRinger. Show Details Hide Details

I bet we in the UK won't see it until the back-end of 2009. Will I be able to hold out that long or will I cave in and get the PRS-505 (when they are back in stock).

Score:

Name withheld

piesforyou

6:16 PM on 5 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore piesforyou. Show Details Hide Details

Looks good, but has its handling of pdfs improved?

Score:

Name withheld

Matt G Baish

2:04 PM on 7 October, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Matt G Baish. Show Details Hide Details

@piesforyou: It'll be down to whether Adobe has improved the AdobeDE PDF reflow component (which is outside Sony's control)

Score:

Name withheld

Redjoker

10:15 AM on 9 February, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Redjoker. Show Details Hide Details

They messed up on calling the Kindle's wireless connection WiFi (it's really EVDO).

Score:

Please wait while we file your abuse report.

We're sorry. We were unable to report abuse at this time.

We limit the number of reactions an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your abuse report again later.

Comment is too long. Enter 500 characters or less.