Now, this is close-but-not-quite to what I was waiting for.
Follow the link to Publishers Weekly: E-Comics on Sony's E-Reader - 10/3/2006Â
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6377263.html?nid=2789
The display appears to be about as big as a paperback, and the screen looks like paper instead of a videogame screen. The memory isn't as big as suggested in various articles on this kind of tech in the past, but I don't think that is a problem.
On the other hand, Sony only allows their own content (or content licenced through them) to be downloaded to it, and they will have it set up exclusive to Barnes & Noble. Not quite there yet, but getting closer. A reader like this that permits open content will definitely have my attention, and possibly my first purchase, too.
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Th'_Mole wrote: ....and they
....and they will have it set up exclusive to Barnes & Noble.
Oops. It's Borders. My bad.
Like you said, closer, but
Like you said, closer, but not quite there. It looks like most portable readers will actually be for something else, like gaming (PSP) or music (iTunes), and e-books will be a secondary use. Or not. I don't know the future either, or I'd be rich.
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