Thread: The future of e-book readers
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:50 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan View Post
Well, I think this comparison is not right. Nintendo DS is an almost dedicated machine (I don't know if really dedicated, I haven't used it ). You don't sell more here because is multi-purpose but, sadly, because there're more gamers than readers.
Well, see my device list to the left. Since a month or so a homebrew reader (DS libris) even supports ePUB, currently text only. But text only means UTF-8 with multilingual support from German to Japanese, perfectly rendered. Also the DS Lite has 2 screens, very much like a book if you flip it 90 deg. It's my preferred reader although I also own a PRS-500. For reading PDFs with images or difficult layout, convert them to images and launch another homebrew, Comicbook DS, and have fun reading. Also nice for photo albums.
In addition to that I'm using the DS as organiser and mp3-player and occasional gaming but way less than reading (a matter of age I guess).

So I think the comparison is ok but probably no one would buy a DS for just reading, except me. But maybe, if you consider the price tag. Including the homebrew hardware it was about 60% of the Sony reader in 2007.

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