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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
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 30 2017, @08:05PM (3 children)
E-reader vs. tablet is a very interesting journey in display technology.
The e-reader is slowly gaining functionality and responsiveness while the tablet is slowly reducing power consumption and improving color/dynamic range/readability.
If some sort of advanced quantum/OLED display becomes readable in sunlight and uses very little power, e-ink technology dies. If e-ink gains high refresh and color, maybe quantum/OLED displays die. But in either case, the winner would have all of the functionality of a tablet (apps, games, web browsers), as opposed to today's e-readers which are pretty limited in what they can do and have a web browser only as a clunky afterthought.
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(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday May 30 2017, @11:20PM (1 child)
Sharp promise "view-ability in direct sunlight with brightness settings as low as 100 nits."
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11763428.htm [prweb.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 30 2017, @11:58PM
It's a good thing, but if it can't beat an e-reader on battery life, it can't replace the e-reader.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @09:12AM
Apparently this isn't to even have a browser, not of any kind.