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An updated model, the DD-10EX, was released in 1992 or 1993. The accompanying manual gives a copyright date of 1992. Unlike the DD-1EX, the DD-10EX also had the ability to play audio files. The British version came with a
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Coburn, M.; Burrows, P.; Loi, D.; Wilkins, L. (2001). Cope, B.; Kalantzis, D. Melbourne (eds.). "E-book readers directions in enabling technologies".
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and is currently displayed in the V&A's 20th Century Gallery. This early model did not include the ability to play sound.
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The Data Discman was designed to allow quick access to electronic reference information on a pre-recorded
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form, while the flat, rectangular design of the DD-8 was closer to later e-book readers such as the
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or full size), and a low-power computer. Early versions of the device were incapable of playing
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player introduced to the Western market in late 1991 or early 1992 by
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The DD-10EX exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1995
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The Book and Beyond: Electronic Publishing and the Art of the Book
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The Book and Beyond: Electronic Publishing and the Art of the Book
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Pocket Interpreter 5-language conversation book for travelers
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A DD-1EX Data Discman is in the permanent collection of the
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product name had originally been applied to Sony's range of
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Keep, Christopher; McLaughlin, Tim; Parmar, Robin (2000) .
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A typical Data Discman model has a low resolution small
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Print and Electronic Text Convergence, Common Ground
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designed to be played on the Data Discman, entitled
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German "Duden" dictionary for the Data Discman, 1992
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electronic book
Sony Corporation
Discman
portable CD players
Sony Discman
disc
QWERTY
grayscale
LCD
CD drive
Mini CD
audio CDs
Victoria and Albert Museum
disc
Victoria and Albert Museum
CD-ROM
flip or clamshell
Amazon Kindle
Sony Multimedia CD-ROM Player
"Sony Celebrates Walkman 20th Anniversary"
"Sony Electronic Book Authoring System"
Archived
"V&A Search the Collections"
"Text of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London"
Techmoan
e-books in the '90s with Sony's Data Discman

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