Sony launches Amazon challenger 索尼发布电子书阅读器_社会生活

Sony launches Amazon challenger 索尼发布电子书阅读器

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-08-27 01:58 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Sony has launched a wireless¹ e-reader which allows users to download electronic books on the go.

索尼发布一款无线电子书阅读器，可以使用户随时下载电子书。

Amazon has so far dominated the e-book market

Analysts³ said Sony's Reader Daily Edition is a direct challenge to Amazon's best-selling Kindle⁴ device.

The $399 (£250) touch-screen device is able to store up to 1,000 novels and can download books over a high-speed mobile network.

It also has an application that can be used to "borrow" books from local libraries for 21 days.

"By going open, Sony helps compensate⁵ for（弥补，赔偿） its biggest weakness: its lacklustre（无光泽的，呆滞的） eBookstore, which pales in comparison with Amazon.com," said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst² with Forrester Research in her blog.

Lending service

Amazon has so far dominated the e-reader market with its wireless Kindle devices.

In May of this year, the firm unveiled a new version of the gadget⁶（小工具，小玩意） aimed at reading newspapers, magazines and documents.

The Kindle DX packed a screen that was double the size of previous models.

It offer 46 newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

However, it was criticised for its high price of $489 (£340).

Ms Rotman Epps said that Sony's new device - it's third so far - "makes the Kindle look like an oversized calculator."

Unlike, the Kindle, the Sony device features a 7-inch (17.8cm)touchscreen interface⁷ which can be used to read books in portrait or landscape form.

The Japanese firm has also signed a deal with US network operator AT&T to allow users to download books wirelessly⁸.

Sony also unveiled an application which allows users to download e-books from their local libraries.

"At the end of the library's lending period, e-books simply expire（期满，失效）, so there are never any late fees," Sony said.

Earlier this month the electronics giant also announced that it would stop using a proprietary⁹ standard（专用标准） for e-books in favour of the ePub open format¹⁰.

"Enabling consumers to access free eBooks via the public library network and Google's public domain¹¹ collection (which now tops 1 million volumes) - and letting consumers buy ePub books from other sources and read them on Sony's devices -greatly expands the value proposition of its devices," said Ms Rotman Epps.

Sony said it would announce deals with newspapers later in the year.

The device will be available in the US from December.

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1 wireless
adj.无线的；n.无线电
参考例句：
There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。 Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

2 analyst
n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家
参考例句：
What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？ The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 analysts
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。 I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

4 kindle
v.点燃，着火
参考例句：
This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。 A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。

5 compensate
vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消
参考例句：
She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。 Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

6 gadget
n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿
参考例句：
This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。 She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。

7 interface
n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系
参考例句：
My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。 This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

8 wirelessly
不用电线的，用无线电波传送的
参考例句：
I heard it on the wireless. 我是从无线电收音机里听到的。 There are a lot of wireless links in a radio. 收音机里有许多无线电线路。

9 proprietary
n.所有权，所有的；独占的；业主
参考例句：
We had to take action to protect the proprietary technology.我们必须采取措施保护专利技术。 Proprietary right is the foundation of jus rerem.所有权是物权法之根基。

10 format
n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排
参考例句：
Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。 The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

11 domain
n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围
参考例句：
This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。 This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

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