PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY

Sony's much improved E- READER opens new chapter



Sony, the Japanese electronics giant, was a pioneer in the current wave of electronic book readers, introducing its first Sony Reader model back in 2006. But it has been overtaken by Amazon.com, whose Kindle e-book reader, introduced in 2007, has become almost synonymous with the category.

Now, Sony is out with a much-improved model that could make it more competitive.
Unlike the Kindle, Sony's readers weren't wireless and their owners couldn't download books or newspapers directly to the device, instead of via a computer. Now, that problem has finally been solved with Sony's new reader Daily Edition, a handsome $400 (Rs18,280) wireless model.

The Daily Edition can be bought at website, sonystyle.com