Sony reveals prototype 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by lovewisdom

Sony loves playing jokes to customers with that unbelievable high price. How could an simple Ereader deserve that much with a plastic and metals?

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

It is not an e-Reader, it is a document management tool.
Readers aren't their target.

[sarcasm] Besides, how does Samsung dare have a unbelieveably high suggested price of $850 for the 12.2" Note Pro? It is just a tablet with little bit bigger screen, a stylus, with plastic and metal ... [/sarcasm]

That is something closer to what Sony is competing against.

[ballfresno]

Prices don't scale linearly with diagonal dimension, not even with area, due to manufacturing challenges, I would suggest?

[lovewisdom]

If manufacturing issue, why another big sink producer Pocketbook will have its own 13 eReader for only half price, around $570? I see many buyers complain this Sony DPT S1 manufacturing quality is very poor and harsh, not that polished and solid.

Sony's pricing is only about greed. It wants to sell a Tofu as a gold, to suck people as they will.

[ballfresno]

As far as I can tell, the Pocketbook 13" unit is not yet available so it's not really a valid or fair comparison? When it comes out, and if it comes out, then maybe the Sony's price will come down, I guess.

[lovewisdom]

Originally Posted by ballfresno

As far as I can tell, the Pocketbook 13" unit is not yet available so it's not really a valid or fair comparison? When it comes out, and if it comes out, then maybe the Sony's price will come down, I guess.

I hope Sony's price will be down to reality. Even though Pocketbook CAD is not on sale right now, it will be out for market in Early 2015. And also its price already showed up, only around $570, not that like Sony labels its product as jokey price.

You can track Sony products. All are much overpriced when they come out, but then forced to reduce price by half because of other producers' out on sale.

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by lovewisdom

I hope Sony's price will be down to reality. Even though Pocketbook CAD is not on sale right now, it will be out for market in Early 2015. And also its price already showed up, only around $570, not that like Sony labels its product as jokey price.

You can track Sony products. All are much overpriced when they come out, but then forced to reduce price by half because of other producers' out on sale.

But if you want this product now, you pay the price. If you wish to wait, then by all means do so. overpriced is a subjective term and will mean something different to you than it does to me. If and when Sony start selling this unit in the UK, there's a good chance I will stump up for it. And it would be worth the money for my use case. Of course I would prefer it to be less expensive but I may not necessarily consider it overpriced.

Regarding Pocketbook, there are so many cases of vapourware in the history of computing devices that one learns to take delivery promises with more than just a grain of salt.

In any case, nobody is suggesting you go out and buy one. Whether I buy one or not depends on my circumstances and they differ from yours.

[Kumabjorn]

Sony has lowered its price with $100. Still to expensive, but three digits instead of four is probably a psychological incentive for some potential buyers.

[ManDay]

Has anyone heard anything about jailbreaking the device?

Also, I'm trying to get at least one unit through my company and was wondering whether you could recommend a reseller in Germany.

[MrPLD]

Originally Posted by ManDay

Has anyone heard anything about jailbreaking the device?

Most certainly interested in this - still wanting to reappropriate this device as a typewriting/word-processing screen.

[Heba]

I bought one, sadly it doesn't have a dictionary

[markom]

Originally Posted by Heba

I bought one, sadly it doesn't have a dictionary

Since there is multitasking you can try some dictionary in pdf form, opened simultaneously, preferably bookmarked or indexed for quicker searching or browsing.

[Heba]

Originally Posted by markom

Since there is multitasking you can try some dictionary in pdf form, opened simultaneously, preferably bookmarked or indexed for quicker searching or browsing.

I'll try this, thanks markom

[kaiser s]

Has anybody found a suitable cover for the device? The sides of the device can attract scratches if merely using the sleeve as protection. Mine already has several What sucks is that underneath the black coating is light-colored material so scratches can be noticeable.

[ManDay]

Originally Posted by Rizla

The Sony model is twice the price with a fraction of the functionality, and it cannot be slaved to a laptop or other device, so it's useless as a general screen. Sony are idiots.

Twice the price of what? Of a hypothetical Pocketbook CAD reader with absolutely no confirmed existence or functionality?

Seriously, we may talk again once there actually *is* a competitor to the DPT-S1 and not just vaporware. For what it's worth, no one has even confirmed that the DPT-S1 can't be jailbroken to be used as a monitor. Let alone that whatever Pocketbook is eventually going to release will likely not be working as a general screen out of the box, either.

PS: From the videos I've seen about the DPT-S1 -- and in contrast to my original opinion before the device was released and shown -- I find the firmware extremly capable and would dub it the best designed firmware (apart from customization options, which I frankly don't know anything about) ever. No other reader has convinced me as much of its UI as the DPT-S1, Workspaces, in-flow handwritten notes...

[fgdas]

Originally Posted by fgdas

Netronix shows REAL working android 13.3" flexible E Ink with capacitive touch and digitizer: http://youtu.be/b-SnpwAsIYc

Exciting.