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Sony Reader allows you to categorize your materials, while amazingly, Kindle doesn't have any hierarchy, just a long list. As a bonus, the Sony Reader doesn't h

Sony Reader allows you to categorize your materials, while amazingly, Kindle doesn't have any hierarchy, just a long list. As a bonus, the Sony Reader doesn't have wireless DRM to remotely delete your books. That's not a bug, it's a feature. (I have both devices. The Sony is more usable while the Kindle DX handles full size business and engineering PDFs.)

evilneanderthal 17y ago
You know, I had a Sony mp3 player a while back. One day the music library software updated itself and installed DRM retroactively on the device and I could never change the music that was on it; I threw it out after I got tired of hearing the same 12 songs. Yes, 12. 64mb storage =]
- semiquaver 17y ago
  I'm almost positive that around the time of 64MB storage, Sony was still very against MP3 and refused to support anything but ATRAC3.
anatoly 17y ago
You can use pdflrfwin to read full size PDFs on the Reader pretty comfortably. It can rotate the file landscape-wise, and cuts it into 2-3 chunks, smartly merging across page boundaries.
tdoggette 17y ago
I still don't buy things Sony makes after their contempt for customers was put on display with the rootkit business.
rbanffy 17y ago
I would love a Sony with a 3G modem, a Kindle-like keyboard and a usable mouse. A big bonus if the Linux underneath the book-reader is usable. I wonder what xterm would look like on e-paper...
- silentOpen 17y ago
  While we're wishing for things... I want a full-size e-paper display so I can edit code/use command lines outside in full sunlight. Think software development in a grove of trees from a hammock.
  - jasonkester 17y ago
    Nothing stopping you from doing that today. Trees are the key, so you end up having to move around a bit to keep the screen in the shade. I do a sizeable portion of my coding outdoors: http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mobile-office.html http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mob... You're right though. Coding in full sunlight on the beach would be a nice thing.
- hvs 17y ago
  If it is anything like graphics on the version 1 Kindle, it would look like complete crap. E-paper does a beautiful job with text, not so much anything else. Hey, so maybe an xterm would look ok!

evilneanderthal 17y ago

You know, I had a Sony mp3 player a while back. One day the music library software updated itself and installed DRM retroactively on the device and I could never change the music that was on it; I threw it out after I got tired of hearing the same 12 songs. Yes, 12. 64mb storage =]

semiquaver 17y ago
I'm almost positive that around the time of 64MB storage, Sony was still very against MP3 and refused to support anything but ATRAC3.

anatoly 17y ago

You can use pdflrfwin to read full size PDFs on the Reader pretty comfortably. It can rotate the file landscape-wise, and cuts it into 2-3 chunks, smartly merging across page boundaries.

tdoggette 17y ago

I still don't buy things Sony makes after their contempt for customers was put on display with the rootkit business.

rbanffy 17y ago

I would love a Sony with a 3G modem, a Kindle-like keyboard and a usable mouse. A big bonus if the Linux underneath the book-reader is usable. I wonder what xterm would look like on e-paper...

silentOpen 17y ago
While we're wishing for things... I want a full-size e-paper display so I can edit code/use command lines outside in full sunlight. Think software development in a grove of trees from a hammock.
- jasonkester 17y ago
  Nothing stopping you from doing that today. Trees are the key, so you end up having to move around a bit to keep the screen in the shade. I do a sizeable portion of my coding outdoors: http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mobile-office.html http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mob... You're right though. Coding in full sunlight on the beach would be a nice thing.
hvs 17y ago
If it is anything like graphics on the version 1 Kindle, it would look like complete crap. E-paper does a beautiful job with text, not so much anything else. Hey, so maybe an xterm would look ok!