Sony's LIBRIé is laucnhed on Saturday in Japan. The Guardian reports:
Would you read a novel on this six-inch screen? ... The quality of the display will come as quite a shock to any seasoned user of mobile devices; it looks more like paper than the computer screen it is. The closest comparison is to think of old-fashioned ink on pulp you're likely holding now, unless you're reading this online, in which case the Librie looks far better. ... In fact, as it's a reflective screen, it looks the same whether you read it indoors or out. ... With a sufficiently large Memory Stick for storage, 500 books can be indexed at any one time, which might just cover a fortnight at the beach. Controls are straightforward, an important factor that should suit the non-technical audience such a product has to win over, with the main ports of call being the buttons to page forward and back and a jog dial for scrolling through menus. ... The result is a 6in screen with a resolution of 600x800 dots at 170dpi, considerably sharper than the 70-90dpi of a regular computer display. This allows for increasing the text size up to 200% with no degradation. ...
via Rebecca's Pocket
