Both Gizmodo and Engadget were able to get their hands on the Sony Reader early to snap a bunch of photos so that we know what to expect when it gets released. Looking through all of the photos really makes me realize how amazing this Reader will be.
It not only supports the eBooks but you’ll also be able to handle multiple filetypes: RTF, PDF, JPG’s, GIF’s, MP3’s, AAC, and even news feeds on this. The news feeds that will be available are limited in the beginning but I am happy to announce that Sony contacted me a few weeks ago so that we could arrange for CyberNet to be on that list. 
Sony currently has the Reader available for pre-order (with all of the specs listed) but this thing will run you $350. They say that it will be ready to ship on or before October 31, 2006 but I think the mad rush is going to be hindered by the price.
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In other comments I made here previously, this is about the exact size of what I am looking forward to. However, the price of it AND the fact it is from Sony will probably put me off to it.
I also would like to see colr instead of just black & white (so to speak).
That looks like an oversized PDA. It’s a bit pricey, and since there’s nothing anybody could do, at least Sony could have made it in color. Or made 2 versions- one cheaper version in black and white, one $350 in color.
Call me old-fashioned, but I would rather sit down with a book that have that tablet PC/ PDA thing to read a book.
Sony contacted you? That’s cool
On the other hand, I had followed the links from the article and I enjoy what I’ve seen. I am editor of 2 electronic magazines, in my native language, and I dream the day when people will read both magazines on this “machineries”. Well, few years to become cheap for you, other few years to become cheap for Eastern Europe - maybe 10 years? 
The color one is kinda out of the question because they would probably have to provide a backlight for users to read the text. They were trying to get away from doing that because it is the reason many people can’t stare at a computer monitor for a long length of time.
Yes, we were fortunate enough to get contacted by Sony to be entered into this program. I haven’t been able to see how the website will look but they assured me that it will keep everything in contact: images, sidebars, ads, etc…
I’ll probably wait until this comes to a local store so I can play with it, but even at the hefty price tag it sounds pretty nice.