[DM-MUG] Sony's $350 ebook reader (pics)

[Darcy Baston]

I'd pay the price considering it would stop my purchase of book  
shelves upon book shelves, lighten my next move, have a beautiful  
easy to read screen (I used a Tungsten for a couple months as an  
ebook reader and found it too hard on the eyes for the 16 hour  
reading marathons I enjoy heh), has a battery that can last 7,500  
page turns and more.

The problem is that it won't be OS X compatible. So I'll have to have  
an XP machine to use its online store, meet browser expectations  
(apparently their online store requires IE with admin privs.), sync  
software etc. Books will use Sony's proprietary BBeB format, and I  
can't find a single piece of Mac software to deal with its .lrf  
and .lrx files.

Darcy

On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Thorgrim wrote:

> Finally a product of the right size, portability and screen quality!

I have been using my Handspring Visor (a Palm OS device) as an ebook  
reader for years.  I think the Sony device will be too large to hold  
easily and hard to stuff in a pocket (just like the old Apple Newton).

It's also kind of pricey.

Dave McLaughlin
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