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The 13.3" e-reader from Sony mentioned in the article is interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ&t=3m25s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEE

by Matti 13y ago

The 13.3" e-reader from Sony mentioned in the article is interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ&t=3m25s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ&t=3m25s I often find myself leaving my Kindle on the shelf because it isn't suitable for reading PDFs.

DanielBMarkham 13y ago
That's a sweet e-reader. Hopefully they'll support MOBI/EPUB files. If so, this is the first e-ink product that I've seen that I would want to upgrade from my old Kindle DX. Very nice. I could get a lot of use out of a product very close to this. All I want is document/book consumption. I don't want browsing, I don't want games, I don't want music or motion-sensors. Just do one thing and do it well, please.
hyperbovine 13y ago
Oh sweet. My Kindle DX died and I had all but resigned myself to getting whatever new iPad they release next month. Looks like I can stay monochrome for years to come! :-)
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  The DX is back (or was?) in stock @ Amazon, in case you were not aware.
cmccabe 13y ago
There are a bunch of e-ink readers out there already that do well with PDFs. I have an e-reader made by PocketBook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketBook_International http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketBook_International) which is 10.5 inches long and does PDF very well. Amazon also made a bigger Kindle called the DX. That one wasn't quite as good as PocketBook at doing PDFs, in my opinion, but it offered all the other Kindle features. It will be nice if Sony makes a 13.3" e-reader. Hopefully the software won't be terrible...
revelation 13y ago
Is this going to be a real product or just POC? Alas, with Sony being the manufacturer, if this is ever released, it will probably be walled off and only use the SonyCloud or some bullshit.
- hyperbovine 13y ago
  Seems real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ

by Matti 13y ago

DanielBMarkham 13y ago

That's a sweet e-reader. Hopefully they'll support MOBI/EPUB files. If so, this is the first e-ink product that I've seen that I would want to upgrade from my old Kindle DX. Very nice. I could get a lot of use out of a product very close to this. All I want is document/book consumption. I don't want browsing, I don't want games, I don't want music or motion-sensors. Just do one thing and do it well, please.

hyperbovine 13y ago

Oh sweet. My Kindle DX died and I had all but resigned myself to getting whatever new iPad they release next month. Looks like I can stay monochrome for years to come! :-)

sliverstorm 13y ago
The DX is back (or was?) in stock @ Amazon, in case you were not aware.

cmccabe 13y ago

There are a bunch of e-ink readers out there already that do well with PDFs. I have an e-reader made by PocketBook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketBook_International http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketBook_International) which is 10.5 inches long and does PDF very well. Amazon also made a bigger Kindle called the DX. That one wasn't quite as good as PocketBook at doing PDFs, in my opinion, but it offered all the other Kindle features. It will be nice if Sony makes a 13.3" e-reader. Hopefully the software won't be terrible...

revelation 13y ago

Is this going to be a real product or just POC? Alas, with Sony being the manufacturer, if this is ever released, it will probably be walled off and only use the SonyCloud or some bullshit.

hyperbovine 13y ago
Seems real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSGZkEEVfQ