the sony reader: eink has arrived
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Presented at the NLA/NEMA 2007 conference in Kerney, NE on 26 October 2007.TRANSCRIPT
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Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
NE Library Association / NE Educational Media Association
2007 Fall Conference 1
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Sony CEO Howard Stringer introduces the Reader at CES
2006
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eBooks are heavyeBooks can’t store much
No room for expansioneBook battery life sucks
Backlit displaysThey don’t support multiple formatsYou can’t read them at an angle
eBooks aren’t booksBooks as physical objects are works of art and
should be cherished!
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Long battery lifeLight-weightExpandable storageSupports multiple text formatsText zoomingRead from almost any angle
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6.9" x 4.9" x 0.5"8.8oz
In comparison: Rocket eBook Pro5" x 7.5" x 1.5"22oz
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DisplayeInk / non-backlit800x600 resolution Rotatable4-level grayscaleThree text sizes
64MB built in storageSD/Memory Stick card slotUSB data transferApproximately 7,500 page turns per charge
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Content is not drawn, but “charged”
170 Pixels Per Inch (PPI)Newspaper qualityDoes not need power to hold a display, only
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USB Type-B miniDC in 5.2v8mm headphone jackSD/Memory Stick slot
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On/off sliding switchPage forward/back
(two sets)Size (3 available
settings)10 numbered keys (1-
0)BookmarkMenuSmall joystick/enterVolume control
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Continue ReadingBooksBy AuthorBy DateCollectionsAll BookmarksNow PlayingAudioPicturesSettings
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Default list is alphabetical by title
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Continue ReadingBeginEndBookmarksTable of ContentsHistoryInfoUtilities
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OrientationScreen LockSlideshowAboutRestore Defaults
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RSS limited to built-in feeds & do not auto-update
Native-format titles must be purchased via Sony ® eConnect (no third-party vendors)
Not all PDFs display well (need to be reformatted for smaller display)
Audio playback severely impacts battery lifeNon-color displayPriceyNo indexesCan’t read during takeoff and landingUsing in the tub is a bad idea 43
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Speed up page turnsReduce instances of ghostingWhiter backgroundAllow for sale of eBook by other vendorsFull-text searchingImproved battery life when using storage
cards
(The first two can be solved immediately but only by reducing battery life.)
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Rearranged controls8-level grayscale (from
4)Added ProDuo card
slot+20% contrast
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Faster refresh rateLess ghosting 192MB RAM.3” thick (-.2”)
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I’m paying 80% of list price of a book but not getting a physical object.
In other words, I’m paying for the “right to read” a title.
If I just wanted to read a title yet not own the book, I’d get it from the library for free?
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Michael [email protected]
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