The eBook, Mark 2

Selanit writes "David Pogue recently published a review of the Sony Reader, under the title Trying Again to Make Books Obsolete. Though he likes the device in general, he concludes that it's not destined to replace the book any time soon. Well worth a read."

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Re:Just one question:

[Bender0x7D1]

Although I think that's a little unbelievable.

You didn't RTFA.

If you had, you would find out it only consumes power when you have to redraw a page.

You would also have discovered that there is a prototype that has been displaying the same page for 3 years.

Sure, batteries slowly leak power. However, have you noticed that watch batteries can last for years - even with a constant power drain? As long as you don't need to provide huge bursts of energy, like those needed by a digital camera, you can design the battery to be more efficient in the long term.