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nathany · 05-09-2008, 03:17 AM

I went down to the Sony Store (Langley, BC) and had a look... my first time seeing eInk in person, despite hearing of it ~8 years back. Quite impressive.

Not going to buy one right now though, especially with the lackluster Mac support... and also because many of my eBooks are 8x11 PDFs. I tried reformatting with calibre, and it worked okay, but not great.

Still, the Cybook would cost 50% more by the time it is shipped, and the iLiad Book Edition is still twice as much. Unless you really need a stylus or want to develop for it, the Sony is certainly more reasonable.

05-09-2008, 03:17 AM	#100
nathany Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 108 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo h2o	First look at eInk I went down to the Sony Store (Langley, BC) and had a look... my first time seeing eInk in person, despite hearing of it ~8 years back. Quite impressive. Not going to buy one right now though, especially with the lackluster Mac support... and also because many of my eBooks are 8x11 PDFs. I tried reformatting with calibre, and it worked okay, but not great. Still, the Cybook would cost 50% more by the time it is shipped, and the iLiad Book Edition is still twice as much. Unless you really need a stylus or want to develop for it, the Sony is certainly more reasonable.