New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus
October 3rd, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer
(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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And "PRS-700"? Come on, that's what the marketing department seriously came up with?
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..