Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with one of Sony’s DPT Digital Paper tablets. I say tablet, but the resemblance to a traditional tablet is limited to form factor.

Sony Digital Paper is a niche product. It’s not an e-reader. It’s not a tablet. But it’s something in between. You use this grayscale e-notebook to write longhand, as well as read and markup ...

But what about those who don’t need all the bells and whistles? That’s where Sony’s Digital Paper PDF reader comes in. As with its predecessor, it’s still specifically meant for those in ...

Sony's DPT-RP Digital Paper tablet is due for release on June 5, although so far it's only been confirmed for Japan. Source: Sony View gallery - 6 images ...

If you have $1,100 to spare. Much prototyped and teased in the past, Sony’s 13.3-inch Digital Paper device—really intended for legal, educational and business environments—is finally a real ...

Sony's Digital Paper, with stylus When we first saw the technology back in May 2013, Sony helpfully had some of the Mobius displays outside of their chassis, so that you could marvel at their ...

Which is to say: in a very specific way. Sony’s e-paper tablets are single-minded little gadgets: all they do is let you read and lightly mark up PDFs. If that sounds a mite too limited to you ...

The Digital Paper tablet offers a display resolution of 1200 x 1600 dots and runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which Sony says will last for three weeks without charging.

The Sony Digital Paper DPT-RP1 has been available since the summer of 2017, but the only choice of color was black. The white edition was a Japanese exclusive, until a few weeks ago.

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The Sony Digital Paper features a 13.3 inch e-Ink Mobius e-paper screen with a resolution of 1200 by 1600. It was designed to give you a true A4 experience, displaying PDF files as they were ...

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