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Last January, Sony declared it would be the company to finally launch a successful e-book reader, dubbed - how about this for originality? - the Reader. Combined with a well-stocked e-book store, the device would have the potential to be a literary iPod. The product was delayed for months, but now that it has arrived, I'm excited by its performance and its potential. I love a good hardbound book, but if we're ever going to move on from pulped-tree matter, Sony is looking in the right direction...
...Reader is about the size of a trade paperback, though thinner, and instead of a liquid-crystal display, its 6-in. screen uses E-Ink technology. Each of its finely packed pixels can be white or black but they don't shimmer or emit any light, so the experience is eerily like looking at paper, high in contrast and relaxing on the eye. The tradeoff is that E-Ink can't yet refresh fast enough to show video, and even scrolling or zooming is a complicated business, but that's not the purpose of the Reader. Even without a backlight...
...much as it feels like a book, the Reader can still perform digital tricks. It is probably the first Sony product to read MP3 files that have been copied to an SD card, for instance. (It is one of the first Sony products to use SD cards as well as its own Memory Stick format.) I like to listen to classical music while I read ? here the book and the background music come in one device. The Reader can also handle photos, so throw a few photos into its internal memory if you must, but save your slideshows for your...
Microsoft designed Vista with high-resolution graphics and lots of animations, conveying a dynamic, in-motion feel. Every window has a translucent border. Alongside the main screen runs the Sidebar, a panel of little helper applications called gadgets, among them a news reader, a calculator and a currency converter. A key visual highlight is the window flipper: with a click, your open windows form a single-file line and parade past for your review...
...year she graduated from Harvard—chronicles the meteoric rise of a young scientist who falls victim to a poisonous cloud of suspicion over his research. While the novel can be engaging and will evoke a few chuckles, the storyline is often unclear and frustrating for the reader to follow...