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Old 08-26-2009, 02:06 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
Sony's press release says "seven-inch wide", but they almost certainly mean 7" diagonal. Sony seems to have been deliberately with holding technical specs (not unusual 3 months before delivery of a new product), and so far as I can tell the Daily Reader mockup was never lined up against the Touch Reader so that any difference in width would be apparent.
It is most definitely 7" tall. NOT diagonal. Hence new form factor and resolution.
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