Sony’s Digital Paper is so odd that if it were released tomorrow on April 1st, I’d wonder whether or not it was just a cruel prank. But apart from the absurd price, digital paper is a pretty great-looking product.
Digital Paper is a 13.3-inch e-ink tablet for reading PDFs, and it costs around $1,100. It is Wi-Fi-only, and uses a stylus to mark up and draw on your documents, and has just 4GB of built-in storage (you can add more via SD card).
Sounds like a joke, right? After all, the iPad does all this and more, and better. But it gets better:
The battery will last for up to three weeks on a single charge, you can view the documents in the sun if you like. It’s also light and thin (around a quarter of an inch and 12.6 ounces or 357 grams).
Depending on the responsiveness of that screen to pen input, this could be an awesome device. It’s designed to be used by law professionals and professors, and anyone else whose desk is usually buried under a pile of paper. And the stylus input means you won’t accidentally draw marks on the page with your fingers as you rest your hand on the screen.
I’m in. Or I would be if it was $200 not $1,100.
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