I’m continuing to trawl the Internet for details about Sony’s new eBook device when someone over at Engadget in the comments posted the obvious link to the official web page for the features of the Sony Reader. Pure genius to actually look at the official website. So this is what they are saying:

• Size and Weight - 6.9” by 4.9” by .5” and 9 ounces
• 6-inch screen (measured diagonally)
  
• 64 MB RAM for storage
• Optional Memory stick or SD card for additional storage
• Battery life is equal to 7,500 continual page turns (Translation: Potential for a whole lot of flipping)
• Charges in less than 4 hours
• It also displays PDFs, personal documents (.txt?), blogs, newsfeeds, and JPEGs

It is worth noting that any webcontent such as RSS and possibly HTML will likely need to be converted to BBeB so I’m not entirely sure what that will mean for the Linux and Mac crowd though there is a Librie Group on Yahoo that has some tools available for converting to BBeB. Also, if the above picture is any indication of the screen quality I am sold.

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