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1、考研时文阅读（3）Digitalbooksstartanewchapter导读：第一代电了巧并没冇取得预期的成功，然而随着技术的进步，新一代电了巧产品逐渐浮岀水而。继苹果公司取得巨人成功，令便携电了产品风行一时示，索尼公司利用“数字墨水”技术推出新款图书阅览器，将FI光瞄准电了书市场。其它电了阅读器生产商也不W落后,纷纷推出带有各白特色的产品。木文向读者介绍了电子阅读器产品的最新动态，以及出版商、作家和消费者对这种新牛事物的态度。可以想象，电子书时代已经离我们不远了。（选白BusinessWeek,2006）RichardD・Warren,a58
2、-year-oldlawyerinCalifornis,ishalfwaythroughKenFollett"snovelJackdaws.Buthedoesrftbothercarryingaroundthebookitself・Instead,hehasadigitalversionofFolletthereadsonhisPalmTreoeachmorningashecomniuntesbytraintoSanFranciscofromhishomeinBerkeley.lie'sabigfanofsuchdigitalbooks.Usua
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5、ndthecorner•”WhatdevelopmentshavewonoverpeoplelikeEvans?Portabledevicesarebecoming1ighterandmoreappealing.Booksarebeingseannedintodigitaiformbythethousands.Themostimportantstepforwardmaybein"digitalink,”thetechnologyusedfordisplayinglettersonascreen.AsmallcompanycalledEInkhas
6、createdamethodforarrangingtinyblackandwhitecapsulesintowordsandimageswithanelectroniccharge.Becausenopowerisusedunlessthereaderchangesthepage,deviceswiththetechnologycouldgoaslongas20booksbetweenbatterycharges.thesizeandpigmentofagrainoflaser-jettoner.Sonyisthefirstmajorplaye
7、rtotakeadvantageofthetechnology.Thisspring,itwilldebuttheSonyReader,whichusesEInkandcloselymimicsthesize,weight,andfeelofabook.TheReaderwi11sei1forabout$400.Sonyalsowi11offerroughly10,000booktitlesfordownloadfromitsonlinestore,alongwithnewsstoriesandblogitems.Otherpklayerssni
8、ffopportunity,too.At1easttwomorecompaniesareintroducingdigitalreader
