My dream has come true.......

zhopudey · Apr 23, 2006

An e-book reader, the size of a paperback. Thin, lightweight, very good screen. Supports ebooks, pdf, jpegs. Has a memory-card slot. What more can I ask for?

hyeah:

http://products.sel.sony.com/pa/prs/

Releasing spring 2006.

Bluffmaster · Apr 23, 2006

wow Thats Brilliant ! Any Idea wat will be its price ?

pastrykunal · Apr 23, 2006

actually most pdas like palm devices(including those from sony), ipaqs, axims, pocketloox etc already do this very very well. They have support for all picture formats, and videos also. mp3. ogg, ac3 etc also. Plus they do almost anything a normal office computer does.

SO whats the advantage about this? is it the simplicity? or something else?

edit:
actually i just noticed that its got a bigger screen, and it seems to have some paper type look to the screen.

probably very nice for ebooks!!

MAGNeT · Apr 23, 2006

damn if it comes within 10k ill drop lappy plan...i need such reader desperately(i have many ebooks)........psp fails for me......

Anish · Apr 23, 2006

Wow ! Seriously, if they can make this HDD based, it'll pwn the iPod.

Sony at its rocking best

hyeah:

Bluffmaster · Apr 23, 2006

If it will only be used to read books then I guess even the 10k price is a little high ,But If it comes under 6k Then i will surely Buy it !

renegade · Apr 23, 2006

You dream had come true long back..
http://www.techenclave.com/forums/sony-reader-targets-book-lovers-65182.html

apollyon · Apr 23, 2006

bummer....pricing to be $300-400...too expensive...200 could have been acceptable

zhopudey · Apr 23, 2006

300!!! :O Crap!

KingKrool · Apr 23, 2006

Yes, but in a year it will be much lower.

Params7 · Apr 23, 2006

That's too expensive for just an e-book reader. Heck, people will mostly buy it to read their 'download' e-books, they're better off buying the orginial paper instead.

SoulFire · Apr 25, 2006

w8 for MS origami

zhopudey · Apr 25, 2006

what! that is even worse

Params7 · Apr 25, 2006

I'll agree. Origami is just another tablet mock-up. it won't go far.

Sandy · Apr 25, 2006

$350 Price is very high, there was also no mention of how long will it run on a single charge

tracerbullet · Apr 25, 2006

I don't think ebook readers are going to take off for quite some time. At least not until a new revolutionary form of power is unveiled (read: fuel cells, but count another 4-5 years for that).

Why? Books don't need power to be read, they can be tossed around, drenched in water, bent, and folded. And I don't see ebook readers going in that direction yet.

edit: Oh and I completely forgot to mention screensize. A standard book unfolded is about 8 inches by 11 inches. Compare this to the dismal 2Â½ LCD screens on their electronic counterparts.

The only advantage that a prospective ebook reader serves is that fact that you can shove in a million ebooks into it. Who cares! It isn't as if you're going to read a million ebooks all at once!

zhopudey · Apr 25, 2006

I think its batteries will last for a few hours at the very least.

And do you do that with your books??? :O I'm never lending you any of my books then!

The screen size is enough to show one whole page at a time. Do YOU read both pages at the same time?? :tongue:

The only disadvantages are the price, and any crazy DRM they might shove in.