New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus

October 3, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus

(AP) -- Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader.



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  • thales - Oct 03, 2008
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    The lack of wireless will be a deal killer for most people. Especially since the Kindle is $40 cheaper. The lights sound good though.

    And "PRS-700"? Come on, that's what the marketing department seriously came up with?
  • humanist - Oct 06, 2008
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    I don't see the lack of wireless as an issue. Cross-loading from a PC would be fine. An impulse buy of a book would for me be relatively rare since the reading of the "stock" in the device would take some time.

    Wireless browsing would be an excellent addition, though. I think the fact that Kindle charges for free iNET items is a real negative.

    I wouldn't mind something like this that would handle regular PDF's since I do a lot of referencing while using my "current primary" computer..
  • crsuggs - Oct 09, 2008
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    I'm personally okay with it not being wireless, since it at least supports multiple data types. The Kindle only supports their propritary files and txt files.

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