The Sony Digital Paper DPT-S1 or Sony DPT-S1 is a discontinued 13.3-inch (approaching A4)

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, aimed at professional business users. The DPT-S1 Digital Paper can display only

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files at their native size and lacks the ability to display any other

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formats. The reader has been criticized for being too expensive for most consumers, with an initial price of US$1,100, falling to $700 at its end. The reader is lightweight and has low

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, a

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connection, and a

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for making notes or highlights. Sony announced the discontinuation of the DPT-S1 in late 2016. Its successors are the

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(released 2017, 13.3-inch screen) and

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(released 2018, 10.3-inch screen), all inside the

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line of products.

Specifications

The 13.3-inch e-Ink Mobius

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screen has a resolution of pixels, with a capacitive touchscreen. The device has an

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at 1 GHz microprocessor. It was built on a SoC circuit made by

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. The amount of RAM was not published anywhere. Its internal storage, 4 GB, is shared between system and user; however, it is possible to expand the storage with a

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card. It weighs 358 g (0.8 pounds) with a thickness of 6.8 mm. Novel to the DPT-S1 was the ability to interface with specific corporate networks by adding encryption, thus allowing legal professionals to make use of it in their workflow by integrating handwritten annotations into PDFs that could propagate when copied.

References

External links

Official site

Sony 13-inch (DPT-S1) Digital Paper Review , youtube.com video , 16:51 , published 8 August 2014
Sony Electronic paper technology {{Comp-hardware-stub

Specifications

See also

References

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