e-Book Easy on the Eyes

Sony announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it will re-enter the e-book market this spring, offering a $299 rechargeable reader that can display 7,500 pages on a single charge. About the size of paperback book but 0.5´´ thin, the device can store hundreds of books in internal memory with the addition of an optional memory stick or flash memory card.

The reader also can store and display personal documents in Adobe PDF format, web content like blogs or news feeds, and JPEG photos. Its high-resolution electronic paper display technology delivers a realistic print look. Text and graphics are readable from a variety of viewing angles, even outdoors in bright sunlight. Because there is no backlight, readers will not experience the fatigue associated with long-term reading on an LCD. Sony says users with impaired or limited eyesight will appreciate the reader’s fully adjustable text size, which can be magnified or reduced on demand.