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January 7, 2006 In one of the most significant product announcements of recent times, Sony has announced the lightweight Sony Reader – a product destined to transform the electronic reading experience and which we expect will do for reading what Apple's iPod did for music. Coupling an innovative electronic paper display with precise one-handed navigation, the Sony Reader will allow active readers to carry as many books as they want to read whether they are traveling on the road or just around the corner. Roughly the size of a paperback novel, but thinner than most (about .5 inches thin), the device can store hundreds of books in internal memory with the addition of an optional Memory Stick or Secure Digital (SD) flash memory card. The trick to the Reader is that its text is much easier to read than any computer screen - higher contrast, much higher resolution and MUCH easier on the eye. Curling up in bed with a digital novel has taken a while to become reality, but it will soon become available to the masses.
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