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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday May 30 2017, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the upscale-paper dept.

Did you see Sony's second-generation Digital Paper and realize you found your dream e-reader? If so, you'll get to do something about it very soon. Sony has announced that its latest 13.3-inch E Ink tablet (the DPT-RP1) will reach the US sometime in June, when it will sell for the previously announced $700. As mentioned in April, it's really about a lot of incremental improvements: you're most likely to notice the higher resolution (1,650 x 2,200), but the thinner, lighter design and NFC unlocking will also be helpful. The centerpiece remains the ability to read and annotate documents in exceptional detail -- this is aimed at pros and students who need to plow through complex documents like research papers.

It's doubtful that you'll see the new Digital Paper sitting at your local big-box store. You'll likely have to go straight to the source or find a specialized reseller. We've asked Sony if it has plans for mainstream sales and will let you know if it has something to add.

Source: ArsTechnica


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  • (Score: 2) by damnbunni on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:36PM (1 child)

    by damnbunni (704) on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:36PM (#517690) Journal

    That basically IS the user interface for the Sony e-paper tablets. They only display PDF, so you just print to PDF. They come with what amounts to a printer driver that automatically copies pdfs to the tablet.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday May 30 2017, @04:12PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 30 2017, @04:12PM (#517717)

    They come with what amounts to a printer driver that automatically copies pdfs to the tablet.

    That's pretty cool. The above is pretty much what I was thinking of. Ideally "magically" "wirelessly".