Comments on: Not at CES http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/not-at-ces/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/not-at-ces/#comment-328 Chuck Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:07:47 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/personal/2006/01/205#comment-328 Also the link to the Gizmodo page describing the eBook reader was broken for some reason. I've fixed it in the article and <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/ces/live-from-ces-handson-with-the-sony-reader-146864.php" rel="nofollow">it's here too</a>. Also the link to the Gizmodo page describing the eBook reader was broken for some reason. I’ve fixed it in the article and it’s here too.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/not-at-ces/#comment-327 Chuck Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:04:41 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/personal/2006/01/205#comment-327 Yeah, it's a portable device you can download printed material to. The screen size and resolution are much, much better than a Palm Pilot or even a tablet PC. I haven't seen one in real life, but supposedly the text is indistinguishable from print. Reading something longer than a page or two on a palm pilot is a drag, and it's not much better on a PC. The advantage over books is that you can have one unit hold dozens to thousands books, since text files are small. It takes memory cards; since it's Sony I imagine it uses the memory stick. You can also download stuff to it, like RSS feeds or more eBooks. Yeah, it’s a portable device you can download printed material to. The screen size and resolution are much, much better than a Palm Pilot or even a tablet PC. I haven’t seen one in real life, but supposedly the text is indistinguishable from print. Reading something longer than a page or two on a palm pilot is a drag, and it’s not much better on a PC.

The advantage over books is that you can have one unit hold dozens to thousands books, since text files are small. It takes memory cards; since it’s Sony I imagine it uses the memory stick. You can also download stuff to it, like RSS feeds or more eBooks.

]]> By: Rain http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/not-at-ces/#comment-326 Rain Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:09:44 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/personal/2006/01/205#comment-326 Could you just what this eBook reader is? How is it not like a Palm Pilot? Is it just a portable device you can read printed material on? Because the last I looked, books were pretty portable... Could you just what this eBook reader is? How is it not like a Palm Pilot? Is it just a portable device you can read printed material on? Because the last I looked, books were pretty portable…

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