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Originally Posted by mgmueller
There are lots of details like that on iRex: Renaming book title or author directly on the unit itself (iLiad), absolutely no glare (Sony 900 is a vast improvement, but still both iRex' are way superior = identical in quality to Sony 505).
But Sony clearly has the "cool" factor, plus their own bookstore. Plus marketing, plus market share, plus reputation, ...
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I've yet to find a brand of eReader with the level of thought put into the experience for the book reader as Sony has, and that is pretty important to some people (myself included). Enough that we are willing to compromise in other areas to get that.
As for touch, that's a tricky problem. There are really only 3 forms of touch technology out there right now, and they all have drawbacks:
- Resistive. Upside is that this lets you use both fingers and a stylus to interact with the screen. Downside is that to get it to work, the materials are not always ideal for anything that isn't backlit.
- EM Resonance (Wacom). Upside is that it allows for a stylus, and the use of thin glass reduces reflections. Downside is that you can't use fingers at all with the panel, and the cost is a bit higher due to complexities in the stylus design.
- Capacitive. Upside is that again, you can use thin glass (or even plastic), and it lets you use fingers. Downside is that you can't use a stylus without a specific design, which makes it bulky, and the tech is less precise than the other two for now.
Sony went with resistive to get the ability to use both fingers and stylus (not to mention capacitive touch tech is still relatively new compared to the two others). Hopefully, advances in capacitive tech will remove its main drawback and make small styluses an option, which Sony could be encouraged to adopt.