An article by Dylan Tweney on the Wired site has everything you’d want to know — and then some — on the new line of Sony e-book readers. Called the Reader, the new device fits in the palm of the reader’s hand and is only a half-inch thick, but what sets it apart is the E Ink technology used in the screen. E Ink provides a much sharper image than LCD or a cathode-ray tube display. As Tweney notes: “The result is a display that looks far more like ordinary paper than a liquid crystal display, because the pixels reflect ambient light rather than transmit light from behind. There’s no flicker, because the pixels are completely static.” The Reader’s battery also lasts for a remarkable 7,500 pages, and Sony is planning to integrate the Reader with its online store to create a library of easily downloadable book titles similar to Apple’s successful marketing of music through its iTunes Music Store.
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