http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/ Engadget Comments for Sony Reader Daily Edition reviewed: unworthy of cost premium or love 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/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/
Well... That really up to you isn't it?]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/
that's... that is]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/lol I was being sarcastic, there is no way I can justify buying this thing!
A slight increase in page turns is not enough to forgive a product being unresponsive a third of the time]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/s second delay is still better than most e-ink ereaders out there, but when all is said and done, its still a second]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Consumer Electronic companies think they can just whip out one half-ass product after another without any tests or 3rd party reviews and expect big profits from dumb-wit buyers while they move on to their next "big" half-assed product.

Not pointing fingers to Sony or any companies...Im just saying this in general.....this seems to be the biggest trend of last year, and now this year too

When do we, the consumers get a break?!?!

Give us a damn product that WORKS AS ADVERTISED!]]>Mar 3rd 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/WTR page flip speed - WTF? 1 second? It's about 0.2-0.3 seconds and there's no lag to speak of (other than due to inherent nature of EDP tech).
The screen "dullness" comment is correct. It works really well with a light though. IMHO all features on e-readers have pros and cons. For what it's worth PRS-900 is an excellent reader. I recommend using it with Calibre though, not that sorry excuse for software application that Sony ships :)
]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/correction WTR speed: If you open a graphics heavy PDF file, there'll be a considerable delay the first time you open the file.
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The SDE touchscreen does have a glare under POOR LIGHTING. BUT, if you use adequate lighting, like a book light or a reading lamp, the glare is gone completely. The glare is caused by inadequate lighting where not enough light penetrates to the e-ink layer and too much of the light is scattered by the touchscreen layer (which sits on top of the e-ink layer). If you have adequate lighting, the problem is 100% solved. Under sunlight, the SDE reads perfectly. I don't think of this as a defect or short coming. I mean, you shouldn't be reading under poor lighting conditions anyway! Sony went with this particular touch screen technology to allow both finger and stylus input, but it does have the drawback of increasing glare. As I said, I use a book light when reading indoors and the problem is solved.

I prefer the SDE over the Nook and Kindle because it has all the features I want: full EPUB support, ability to take notes/highlight, ability to check out free library books, style, stylus (I hate fingerprint smudges), wireless (I wasn't a big fan of wifi before, but I see the benefits now since I subscribe to a periodical that is automatically delivered weekly to my SDE).]]>Mar 3rd 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/What I like is skimming newspapers and magazines using the stylus. The pages zip by, and when you see the next article, you stop holding down the stylus, and though you might think you were too late in releasing the hold, no, you stopped right where you want.

Can't do that with buttons.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/Mar 3rd 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/sony-reader-daily-edition-reviewed-unworthy-of-cost-premium-or/
i looked at the nook when it came out and the SDE is definitely faster and more responsive that the nook.

there IS glare (just to get it outta the way) in low light conditions but hey, get proper lighting and you are fine.

outdoors, riding the trains to work, at work, and 99% of other places i use it, the reader is fantastic

the touch screen is responsive though you do have to use a bit of pressure (due to it being resistive; not capacitive) but that is not a big deal for anyone who has used a touch mobile device in the past decade.

the screen being 7 inches is the perfect size imho for reading...big enough but not too big.

and talk about solid construction...it kills the nook which feels like a cheap toy by comparison...

let's not forget the newspaper downloads, ePUB, PDF, library downloading....]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:55PM