WATCH: Would you buy Sony’s digital paper notepad for $1,100?

After years in development, Sony is finally ready to launch its 13.3-inch  Digital Paper  device intended for legal, educational and business environments this  May.

With the pricetag currently set at a cool $1,100, the question remains whether consumers can afford or want such an expensive piece of paper that displays PDFs and accepts handwriting input.

Sony is introducing Digital Paper at the American Bar Association Tech Show in Chicago.

The draw for Digital Paper is that it’s very light at 12.6 oz and has a high resolution (1,200 x 1,600) / 16-level grayscale display with touch controls, stylus input and no backlight.

That helps out easy reading in the daytime and no need to scroll or zoom around documents like on smaller tablets. Sony also claims a three week battery life with recharging via AC or USB, while documents can be loaded over WiFi and stored on its 4GB of internal memory or an SD card.

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