http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/$200 sounds much more reasonable but I still wait for $50 per piece.]]>Aug 5th 2009 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
With its PDF support (as ben ackerman mentioned), and Calibre for magazines, the value proposition for me has been sorted out long ago.]]>Aug 5th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/b) You can't backlight e-ink, it's opaque. (I'm so tired of have to respond with this in every damn ebook reader post.)]]>Aug 5th 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
The 700 didn't have any issues with fingerprints and smudges drastically affecting the readability of the screen (compromised as it is). Check your local Sonystyle or Borders stores to see if they've got a 700 demoed to see for yourself.]]>Aug 5th 2009 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
what are you? His mother? Let him read in the dark if he wants. I would like a lit model to read on the airplane without turning on the overhead light and bothering everyone. ]]>Aug 5th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
Basically whatever you normally do to read in the dark with an actual book, keep doing that with one of these.

@new devices: these look nice (certainly better than Kindle) - still kind of waiting for the book selection to get better, though. I don't want it to be a case of 'lots of books you want to read are available', I want it to be a case of 'every book I want to read that's in print is available here too', with very few exceptions. Also want to be sure I can buy foreign-language books - as I understand it, existing stores have been effectively region-locked, meaning that you can only buy (eg) Japanese books on the Japanese store [which requires a Japanese credit card address].

Yay Mac support. Even so, having an integrated store would still be convenient, so I'll be interested to see what they do with the wi-fi model.]]>Aug 5th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Anyways, £130 ($200?) for a thin but roughly paper back sized ebook reader with not much bezel + an SD/microsd slot + a touch more res than these, and you may have a deal.]]>Aug 4th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
"Am I excited? Yes, for a couple of reasons. Not only does the openness, uncharacteristic of Sony in general, show good will, it ensures that the Sony Reader won't just go down in history as one of Sony's great but all-too-proprietary ideas. Forget even the Mac software and the free books—real proof of openness is that in addition to Memory Sticks, these Readers take SD cards!"

http://gizmodo.com/5330083/sonys-pocket-and-touch-ebook-readers-priced-to-move-promises-wireless-next]]>Aug 4th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
I personally like the Sony reader better because of the many supported formats--BBeB Book (both LRF and LRX), PDF, Secure PDF, TXT, RTF, ePub, Secure ePub--and the several open source book managers such as Calibre that supports it. But then again, I'm at my computer a lot and don't mind the syncing.]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
Considering that Sony was the first company to release an E-ink based electronic book reader (way back in 2006), I'm not sure what you mean by your comment. The Kindle became a hit because of 2 reasons: 1 - Its wireless capabilities made the unit PC-free and a lot more acceptable to the computer-phobic public. 2 - Oprah's recommendation.

It's a bit surprising since, compared to the Sony Reader 505, the 1st gen Kindle looked horrible (imo), had a few design issues (page turn buttons on both sides were convenient but too easy to accidentally press, bad protective cover/case), was more expensive (which people usually knock Sony products for), and had more limited format support.

The Kindle 2, while much better looking (though a bit too iPod-ish for my liking) and fixing a few design issues, dropped the SD memory card slot and the cover became optional. The format support is still more limited.

And then there's the whole remote book deleting fiasco...]]>Aug 5th 2009 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
Anyways, it bugs me that the touch screen model still only has those tiny page turning buttons on the bottom. Though I guess it's still a thousand times better than having no buttons at all.]]>Aug 4th 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
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If you read the entry, you'll see that they stated that Sony removed the "backlighting layer" in the new model. The PRS-700 never had a "backlight" to begin with.

Honestly it didn't really need mention. I just get annoyed when people abuse terms like "backlight".]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
just kidding btw.]]>Aug 4th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 4th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
For that matter I don't know of any ebook reader that cannot also support your own content in some format. Even the Kindle reads non-DRM mobi.]]>Aug 5th 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/Aug 5th 2009 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
I really want a ebook reader and I like these new Sony's but I wouldn't mind WiFi with it. Love the new Mac support. It was a deal breaker for me that prevented me to purchase their older models.]]>Aug 5th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/sony-reader-pocket-and-touch-editions-lower-cost-of-entry-onlin/
This readers would probably be on my "buy" list soon. Kindle isn't that good for me because of the price, the lack of rtf/doc/txt/pdf capabilities and it doesn't have much support outside of the US territories.]]>Aug 5th 2009 1:00AM