Sony's Reader Daily Edition Up For Pre-Sale At $399
The Daily Reader includes integrated 3G from AT&T, giving users the opportunity to download books over the air so long as an AT&T tower is nearby. The device itself will include a menu-drive, 7" touch panel that can be used with a finger or stylus, and there's even a built-in Oxford American English Dictionary. We're hearing that some shipments may not make it out before Christmas, so if you're hoping to get one under the tree, you could probably go ahead and snag your place in line ASAP.
Sony’s new Reader Daily Edition is now on sale at SonyStyle.com.o The Reader Daily Edition provides wireless access to Sony’s eBookstore from most of the U.S.
o Wireless access is provided by a 3G mobile broadband network.
o The Reader Daily Edition’s seven-inch wide, full touch screen display provides intuitive navigation and comfortable layout of content, including newspapers and magazines, in portrait or landscape orientation.
o In portrait mode, about 30-35 lines of text are visible, making the experience very similar to that of a printed paperback book.
o A high contrast ratio with 16 levels of grayscale ensures that text and images are crisp and easy to read.
o The Reader Daily Edition features an attractive aluminum body with an integrated protective cover.
o Easy access to the embedded dictionary with a simple double-tap on a word for its meaning.
o The Reader Daily Edition has enough internal memory to hold more than one thousand standard eBooks and expansion slots for memory cards to hold even more.
o It will sell for about $399.
o Newspaper and magazine content providers to be unveiled within the next month.
