12-12-2006, 12:41 PM | #1 | |
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NY Sun reviews the Reader - doesn't like it
Here is another Sony Reader review which I think hasn't been posted before.
http://www.nysun.com/article/44660 Something tells me that the reviewer is not going to use the Reader again after he has written his review. His conclusion: Quote:
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12-12-2006, 01:36 PM | #2 |
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So... 50 % about the Reader and 50 % about why printing stuff on dead trees is better... It will be fun to revisit that article in 10 years. If, of course, there still is a New York Sun newspaper still being printed/delivered to your Reader then...
Has anyone tried their electronic edition... Is it any good...? They netiher state the format or offer a trial edition... |
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Umm hmmm, then the usual stuff about the Connect store sucking (which it does ), no notice that you can get stuff elsewhere, though. Probably just doesn't know himself -- lots of folks don't. Ah, there's a new one: Quote:
If you want to say that you think the Reader is expensive, say it -- most folks wouldn't even argue with you -- but the comparison to how many p-books you could buy is a bit of a red-herring. No one is going to buy an e-reader unless they're already interested in e-reading, so they already see something desirable in not buying the paper. Just like folks who don't want or need a computer aren't going to buy one, nor will they buy software to run on it. Then he finishes up with a paragraph implying that we're all just interested in electronic reading because we're knee-jerk techno-junkies (possibly so, speaking for myself ) with an ingrained fear of being branded as luddites (I carry a pocket watch, I'm clearly not worried about the Luddite thing). Followed by four paragraphs explaining that we're all just missing the point that paper books are so wonderful that they'll never change, because they don't need to. He particularly includes the point that because they're not electronic, no one can secretly change them on us. Did I mention that one of his earlier criticisms is that the Reader doesn't do enough computery things like text searching? So it'll fail 'cause it's not computery enough and because it's too computery? I think this really sums up not his review, but his view: Quote:
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12-12-2006, 02:19 PM | #4 | |
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I was just listening to The Beatles on my ipod and noticed that I can no longer feel the truth of the music compared to vinyl records. Somehow without the pop and hiss, it's just not good music anymore. Also, I was watching "I Love Lucy" on my HDTV. It just isn't funny when you can't see the television scan lines. Remember kids, it isn't the content that gives you pleasure it's the delivery method you use to inject it into your brain. I can't think of any worse punishment than sitting in a room with this guy listening to him spout lame college freshman philosophy. |
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12-12-2006, 03:34 PM | #6 |
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The book is dead! Long live the Book!
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12-12-2006, 07:13 PM | #7 | |
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12-12-2006, 08:45 PM | #8 |
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I'm sure when paper was first introduced many, many, moons ago, it wasn't exactly the cheapest thing around as it probably wasn't mass produced like it is now. I'd like to see him compare the cost of an 'original' paper book, adjusted for inflation, and see if he still complains about the Reader in the historical context of things.
Anyone else find it just a little bit ironic that the writer mentions "1984", which is included with the Reader, in the article? |
12-12-2006, 11:23 PM | #9 |
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I have to say, I stopped reading at this part:
"But the Reader's display has one fatal shortcoming that makes even that kind of quick reading impossible. Every time you turn a virtual page, the screen must reconfigure its microcapsules, so that it momentarily displays a negative of the page to come, a whiteon-black image that hovers for a second and then winks out. The disruption is so headache-inducing and hard on the eyes as to cancel out the benefits of the "E Ink" display." ---------------- That's just plain madness. I'm as anal as the next person (and more so in many, many respects. However, I've gotten very used to the screen flash, and actually look forward to it as a "break" from reading the current page, and a moment's peace before the next appears. But each to their own, I suppose. |
12-12-2006, 11:43 PM | #10 |
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Yes, it is a bit wanky.
One must wonder what that fellow thinks of a dead tree book, where the page lifts up and flips in 3D before the next page can be read. It's a wonder books ever took off at all! Regards, Michael Tam |
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The "technology" of paper making was brought to Europe (probably from India, like so much else) in the 13th century by the Moors in Islamic Spain and spread from there into Italy. It's probably no coincidence that the cultural flowering of the renaissance kicked off not long afterwards. |
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12-13-2006, 10:00 AM | #13 |
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Sounds like someone who would have objected to the advent of movable type.
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