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Still a long way to go...My fling with a Sony Reader By: gordonmeyer (15 replies) November 11, 2007 - 11:00am
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Still a long way to go...
I have high hopes for E ink/ePaper technology, but the Sony Reader is a loooong way from perfect. The PDF issues are a huge turn-off, and with approximately 415 ugly buttons, the device itself doesn’t have the style or simplicity that I’d want out of such an incredibly expensive piece of luxury geek-tech.
If I were to buy today, I’d probably go with Bookeen’s Cybook Gen3. It looks nicer, it loads faster, and while I’m not sure about the quality of their PDF support, it can’t be worse than Sony’s.
http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx
For now I’ll stick with my old friend the eBookwise Reader, crossing my fingers that the iPhone/iPod touch will get an awesome reader app next spring. If ePaper technology catches on, and more impressive, less expensive devices come out in a few years, I’ll be here waiting.