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In a profession such as the legal line, you would definitely have to deal with paper. Plenty of paper, so much so that sometimes, you do wish that the entire shebang can be digitized so that all of the documentation required can be carried up and around on a single tablet. Sony might have a hand in that, as they have just announced the Sony Digital Paper, providing professionals with a new way to read, annotate, and share documents electronically.

You might groan, “Oh no! Is it another tablet device?” Well, it is and not at the same time. The Sony Digital Paper was specially designed to increase productivity and streamline collaboration in paper-intensive environments, where it will hopefully appeal to a range of user communities that will include legal, higher education, governmental agencies and corporate board rooms.

Sporting a ‘notepad’ feature that will have universal appeal, these notes can be shared with clients, colleagues, and co-workers. The Sony Digital Paper will boast of a simple, intuitive experience, where professionals will benefit from portability and flexibility alongside the ability to wirelessly access document management solutions as well as other content repositories.

Hardware specifications of the Digital Paper include a 13.3 inch display that shows off full-screen views of letter-sized documents in the PDF format, hence doing away with the need for zooming in or scrolling when reading a page. The Digital Paper device will also be able to retain the context of an entire page as it shows off sharp, easy-to-read text and graphics which are more or less similar to printed documents or full-size notepads.

There is also a touch panel that enables users to operate the menu, or to help them turn pages by simply touching the screen. Sony has also thrown in a stylus, so that professionals are able to write fluidly and directly on the panel. You will have to wait until this May for the Sony Digital Paper to be available though, as it carries a rather hefty price tag of $1,100.

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While there are some devices out there that are worth checking out and waiting patiently for an official release, some others can be pretty underwhelming. Take Sony’s Digital Paper for instance – this happens to be Sony’s most recent foray into the e-ink slate market, where it will cost a whopping $1,100 a pop this May while sporting a 13.3” “letter size” form factor that ought to help those who have poor eyesight read swimmingly on the Digital Paper.

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Sony Digital Paper Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Sony has developed an A4 sized equivalent 13.3″ digital paper notepad.

The display is the first in the world to use E Ink Mobius, a new flexible electronic paper display technology developed by E Ink in collaboration with Sony. Technology developed by Sony for forming high precision thin film transistors on plastic instead of glass has been used, making the display flexible and light. It is scheduled for mass production this year.

“We’ve succeeded in mass-producing these large flexible panels, by combining E-Ink’s flexible paper technology and Sony’s mass-production technology.”

“Usually, devices are made by sandwiching TFTs between glass sheets. But these panels use plastic instead of glass, so they’re much lighter. Another feature is that, unlike glass, these panels are very durable.”

This prototype digital notepad weighs 358 g and is 6.8mm thick, with the 1200×1600 pixel display itself weighing around 60g, 50% less than if glass was used. The prototype also features a battery life of approximately three weeks.

“This is a PDF document. You can page through it with your finger. Of course, you can also write comments and draw lines in the PDF document. Also, if you choose the marker, and move your finger over text, you can highlight text like this.”

“This is still at the prototype stage. But we’re designing it to work smoothly. Also, with paper, you can rest your hand on it while you write, but with a tablet, you can’t always do that. This digital paper makes it possible to write while resting your hand on the panel.”

“We’d especially like this to be used in universities. From the second half of this year, we’re planning to do trials with Waseda, Hosei, and Ritsumeikan Universities. We also plan to release a commercial version during this year.”

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