About a month ago i heard of the new Sony Reader, a gadget which can store all your favourite books on a tiny handheld 'mini pc'. It holds up to 160 ebooks and costs around £200. So are unusual gadgets all the rage now? It would seem that we are looking for cost effective solutions to the simplest of things...even carrying a book with us on a journey.
I do think the Sony Reader is a great idea, though. It uses "E ink" and book pages can be viewed at all different angles. However, the best part is the option to magnify the text. I usually find reading a book with small print can make my eyes hurt, so, thanks to Sony, i have the potential for a solution.
The downside? The gadget has no backlight and is hard to view in bad light.
Unusual gadgets are not uncommon anymore. Who would have thought we would be buying an alternative to reading a book by turning the pages? Dickens would turn in his grave!
Here's more information about the Sony Reader.
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