[Eug-lug] Sony Ebook with Electronic Paper display

John Sechrest sechrest at jas.peak.org
Tue Nov 7 15:39:51 PST 2006


I saw one at lunch last week. It is a very nice package.




Mike Cherba <mike.cherba at caviumnetworks.com> writes:

 % My brother pointed this one out to me.  The reader from what I gather
 % runs Linux under the hood, so hacking it should be fairly
 % straightforward.  The only Negative is the price.  They want $350 for
 % it.  If it was $150 I'd have already bought one.  The bottom link is the
 % company that makes the displays.  I have been wondering when we'd see
 % this technology come to market.
 % 		-Mike
 % 
 % 
 % http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_Di=
 % splayProductInformation-Start?CategoryName=3Dpa_portablereader&ProductSKU=
 % =3DPRS500U2&Dept=3Daudio&CP=3Dsony_hm_nav_elec_portreadershop&ref=3Dhttp%3A=
 % //www.sony.com/index.php
 % http://www.eink.com/products/matrix/High_Res.html
 % 
 % "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.
 % We don't believe this to be a coincidence." --=E2=80=94 Jeremy S. Anderson
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