Tuesday, February 21, 2006

New e-readers on the market - initial attempts at e-paper gadgets


There are 2 e-readers that are about to be available on the US market: Sony's READER and Irex's ILIAD. They are early ventures in e-paper and a far cry from the killer-app needed to convert the masses into believers. What we need is a large (at least 8.5 x 11) single or multi sheet e-reader, that offers high resolution color images and video. It needs to be light weight, flexible and bendable, and readable in any light conditions.

But this is the beginning.

In Spring, we will get for less than $400 a rigid, monochrome e-player that will be perfect for reading digital books, newspapers and magazines as long as most, if not all, of their content is text. On the other hand they are light, need very little battery power becaause of their inherent technology, and offer a sharp, high contrast, screen that has no internal light source and therefore is perfectly readable with ambient light without straining your eyes.
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