Sony® Portable Reader System PRS-500

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:39:20 GMT  <== Gadgets ==> 

Sony - the electronic book is born. E-Paper screen. 20 gig hard drive. Windows, unfortunately. $350. Available at the end of October. Me want one. [slashdot]

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HD? Windows?

Submitted by W. Kiernan on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:57:28 GMT

It's a pretty little thing, isn't it? I read elsewhere that it runs Linux and has only solid-state memory.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=100

Of course I'd rather have a Linux palmtop than a WinCE one, and I'd rather have solid-state memory than rotating storage for a portable device anyway. If you look at the developer's forum you'll see they detected wireless ethernet hooks in the Sony Reader's kernel, too.

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