The Sony Reader: eInk Has Arrived
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- Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission NE Library Association / NE Educational Media Association 2007 Fall Conference
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/164291155/ Sony CEO Howard Stringer introduces the Reader at CES 2006
- eBooks are heavy
- eBooks can’t store much
- No room for expansion
- eBook battery life sucks
- Backlit displays
- They don’t support multiple formats
- You can’t read them at an angle
- eBooks aren’t books
- Books as physical objects are works of art and should be cherished!
- Long battery life
- Light-weight
- Expandable storage
- Supports multiple text formats
- Text zooming
- Read from almost any angle
- 6.9" x 4.9" x 0.5"
- 8.8oz
- In comparison: Rocket eBook Pro
- 5" x 7.5" x 1.5"
- 22oz
- Display
- eInk / non-backlit
- 800x600 resolution
- Rotatable
- 4-level grayscale
- Three text sizes
- 64MB built in storage
- SD/Memory Stick card slot
- USB data transfer
- Approximately 7,500 page turns per charge
- Content is not drawn, but “charged”
- 170 Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
- Newspaper quality
- Does not need power to hold a display, only to change it.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/spirit635/479810101/
- USB Type-B mini
- DC in 5.2v
- 8mm headphone jack
- SD/Memory Stick slot
- On/off sliding switch
- Page forward/back (two sets)
- Size (3 available settings)
- 10 numbered keys (1-0)
- Bookmark
- Menu
- Small joystick/enter
- Volume control
- Continue Reading
- Books
- By Author
- By Date
- Collections
- All Bookmarks
- Now Playing
- Audio
- Pictures
- Settings
- Default list is alphabetical by title
- Continue Reading
- Begin
- End
- Bookmarks
- Table of Contents
- History
- Info
- Utilities
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/164288637/
- Orientation
- Screen Lock
- Slideshow
- About
- Restore Defaults
- RSS limited to built-in feeds & do not auto-update
- Native-format titles must be purchased via Sony ® eConnect (no third-party vendors)
- Not all PDFs display well (need to be reformatted for smaller display)
- Audio playback severely impacts battery life
- Non-color display
- Pricey
- No indexes
- Can’t read during takeoff and landing
- Using in the tub is a bad idea
- Speed up page turns
- Reduce instances of ghosting
- Whiter background
- Allow for sale of eBook by other vendors
- Full-text searching
- Improved battery life when using storage cards
- (The first two can be solved immediately but only by reducing battery life.)
- Rearranged controls
- 8-level grayscale (from 4)
- Added ProDuo card slot
- +20% contrast improvement
- Faster refresh rate
- Less ghosting
- 192MB RAM
- .3” thick (-.2”)
- I’m paying 80% of list price of a book but not getting a physical object.
- In other words, I’m paying for the “right to read” a title.
- If I just wanted to read a title yet not own the book, I’d get it from the library for free?
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/1240167805
- Michael Sauers
- [email_address]
- http://travelinlibrarian.info/
- http://del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/sonyreader
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