Showing posts with label e-paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label e-paper. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Once Upon A Time People Got All Excited About E-Books, Then, Not So Much. But Can The IPhone Make The Kindle Hip?


The Really: Nobody is ever to going to make people read books electronically.
Well how about if they put the Kindle on your IPhone? Well that's a different story.

Many years ago publisher's got all excited about e-books...all those messy costs for paper and binding and the remainders, sheesh the remainders. The print to demand model looked perfect to reduce the costs of books but there was just one problem. Except for the pricing and royalty structure of books, the book is THE PERFECT technology. It is portable, can be read on a plane, a train, or under a tree, or in bed. It doesn't require electricity. Most don't weigh too much and they are solid things which can be placed on a shelf for easy access or thrown against a wall if they pique.

The Kindle promised to be a nice cross between the e-paper requirements for distribution of books but didn't electrify (pun) the reading public...what is left of it.

But what if you put the Kindle on an IPhone? Now you are talking. A hardware device as much beloved as a book itself. Now we are getting somewhere.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Two Big Events In Tech That Will Largely Go Unnoticed


The Really: The best looking HD TV is leaving the market?
The Bad: Say it ain't so Gizmodo who reports that Pioneer (the sponsor of the endlessly beautiful Smithsonian Channel to which this writer is addicted) will be leaving the TV market.
The Good: A Delta Communications e-paper reader which is (get this Kindle!) readable. Just kidding Kindle you have come a long way --but why do you insist on looking so ugly? Call Mac for design tips.