sony has a new e-book. ahhh, these things make me nostalgic for 1998 ish when i worked with 2 separate readers (rocketebook & softbook). while i initially turned my nose up at both, after using them a little bit, i could see the possibilities.
as the person in this review / post says: it’s perfect for PDFs. It’s also perfect for students so they can load up all their books (you can highlight and take notes on the old ones. not sure about this new sony one). i could have saved a lot of trees & toner during my mba.
has anyone seen these at borders? sounds light with great battery. the ‘feel’ was always something a bit odd. at first it was one of the things i turned my nose up at (softbook was huge & both were fairly heavy) but i really liked rocketebook’s feel after a little while.
had more titles been available back then, i might have bought the hardware. sony seems to be in the same situation of pushing people to their own bookstore… somehow i think that might kill it again. (and i haven’t even bothered to look of the book format is proprietary. just assuming it’s something i wouldn’t be able to read on the computer, print and on the ebook). but it is sort of cute.
You woulda bought one of those things? I read “The Picture of Dorian Gray” on the Rocket. Too heavy to hold, screen too dim, uck.
I’ve seen prototypes of the Sony device and the page is very bright (it’s not a screen, but more like paper, ie it reflects light rather than emitting it) and lightweight, but still…….not the form factor of a book.
i most definitely would have bought one had i been able to get all my uni books on it. i have these massive books (with wonderful names like ‘images of organisations’) i had to lug around that now sit on my shelf making me wonder how long til i should toss them.
and even way back when – i warmed up to the rocketebook. agreed, it has some issues but it was better than the other ebook. one of the reasons i liked it was b/c i move so much. books tend to be a large portion of my ‘stuff’ so if i could even have 1/2 in a cool digital form, it would lighten the load.