Alexander Turcic
05-11-2007, 08:04 PM
The results are in of this year's Engadget awards for the "most excellent gadgets and consumer technologies." The Sony Reader (drum roll please) won the Editors' Choice award as handheld of the year. In the Readers' (reader as in voter) Choice category, the Reader got beaten into second place by the Sony VAIO UX280P.
The most prestigious award went to the the Nintendo Wii as gadget of the year (both Editors' and Readers'). The Golden Raspberry went to Microsoft's Zune player and Sony's exploding batteries.
List of all winners: Link (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/the-winners-of-the-2006-engadget-awards/)
Related: Vote for the Sony Reader! (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10361)
Steve Jordan
05-12-2007, 07:26 AM
Just curious: Does anyone know if the Zune can play e-books?
NatCh
05-12-2007, 10:37 AM
Just curious: Does anyone know if the Zune can play e-books?Heh, I'm still not personally sure it plays music. :laugh4:
Azayzel
05-12-2007, 12:06 PM
lol, I've seen and played with the Zune quite a few times, but haven't done much else since it's at the store. I personally don't like the whole brick/cludginess of the device, who did M$ get to design the case? Hummer? The screen size blows the iPod away, but I've heard unconfirmed rumors of Apple coming out with a full-face screen in the near-term. The Zune is also a bit heftier & bulkier in thickness, but has some neat features like wirelessly sharing your music/videos with people in your PAN (personal area network).
All in all, for reading eBooks I'd stick with my PDA if my Reader ever kicked the bucket (at least for a short time until I got it replaced!). :D
Leaping Gnome
05-12-2007, 12:09 PM
Yes, the Zune can display books, sort of. There is a workaround (http://www.instructables.com/id/E5TXX0JARUEZIXDJQP).
...who did M$ get to design the case? Hummer?
Good one :laugh:
dhbailey
05-13-2007, 04:47 AM
Who wants a player which was likely designed by 'Hummer' -- I'd at least want one designed by some company which knew the words and didn't have to just hum. :scholar:
stxopher
05-13-2007, 09:22 AM
They have to hum. The lyrics are in a different DRM format.
yvanleterrible
05-13-2007, 11:16 AM
It plays 'Digging in the Dirt' by Gabriel with brio... :)
Steve Jordan
05-19-2007, 07:03 AM
Yes, the Zune can display books, sort of. There is a workaround (http://www.instructables.com/id/E5TXX0JARUEZIXDJQP).
Sounds like the "workaround" is to convert the text file to JPGs. Pfft! MS couldn't do better than that?
