Amazon Kindle DX vs. Sony Digital Paper (DPT-S1)

August 8, 2014 By Michael Kozlowski 6 Comments

The Amazon Kindle DX has been one of the most popular large screen commercial e-reader of all time. Its been out for a number of years, and has been getting a little bit long in the tooth. Today, we compare the DX against the brand new Sony Digital Paper (DPT-S1).

The Sony Digital Paper is aimed exclusively at the business sector, partly due its its singular nature of reading and editing PDF documents. The DX on the other hand is your gateway to making eBook and digital magazine purchases from Amazon. The DX lacks a touchscreen, which makes you totally reliant on the D-Pad and keyboard shortcuts. The digital paper features a capacitive touchscreen and accompanied stylus really gives you a ton of versatility.

Michael Kozlowski

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

dmc

Thanks Michael. This is exactly what we needed. By why is the video not in 1080p or even 720p. Cant really get a feel for how sharp or readible text or full screen pdf/pdf textbooks are.
bleejean

Still on the fence on this one. I would appreciate it if you could do a video showing how sheet music looks on the Sony digital paper. Especially how it handles page turns (because it looks like it takes a few seconds to refresh and display the next page). If you are not musical you can find sheet music here: http://imslp.org/. Maybe you could try say, a piano piece, a string quartet, and a score for an orchestra or something?
Another thing I would be interested in knowing is if the micro sd card is really capped at 32gb or if a 64gb card will work?
Thanks!
Davester

Excellent comparison video! Would appreciate if you could make a video on using the web browser: How long do pages load? Do popular sites display correctly? Do webpages display only as 1200×1600 or can you select (say) 1024×768 that automatically fills the entire 1600×1200 (landscape) screen? Can you successfully send/read an email using Gmail? Thanks!
loken ramji

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Aaron Klapheck

I have owned this e-reader for a few weeks now. Bar far the best e-reader for reading page size documents by far. Purpose of this devices is for reading large amount of text. If you are trying to find something specific in the text then use a computer and search for it. I have to read 100’s of pages at my work and this makes not needed a printer a huge benefit! Do not manage/organize files natively on this device as this can be done far faster and easier on a computer. I transfer several documents to this device, read through them and mark them up, then transfer them back to the computer for later retrieval as needed.

Cons.
1. Zoom sometimes activates inadvertently. This doesn’t happen much but the few times it has happened made me wish I could turn this feature off.
2. Lag time. I know this is not a computer, but the lag while writing is a little annoying. It is barely perceptible but I am a fast writer so sometimes I have to wait a second for it to catch up with me.
3. Bad case. The case the e-reader comes with is flimsy and doesn’t offer any real protection. I am looking for something a but tougher to protect the device.

Pros (far outweigh the Cons):
1. Read pages at their original size without zooming!!!
2. User interface is mostly intuitive.
3. Transferring files via USB is very fast!
4. All notes are readable in standard PDF viewing software – nothing is proprietary!! (huge bonus for me as most e-readers don’t do this).
greggman

If Sony could get Amazon to port the Kindle software from Android/iPad to this thing I’d buy one instantly