[MGP-Forum Announce] The perfect device for the 20th century book model....

[tom stites]

I agree that the Sony device is probably a dud, a transitional technology at
best.  Twenty-five years ago the now-defunct Knight-Ridder was sinking
millions into a research shop in Colorado that was gearing up for what news
would be like when everybody was going around with devices such as these --
and the presumption was that it was going to happen any day.  After a few
years of waiting, nothing happened, and K-R shut down its dream shop.  And
now a quarter century has elapsed.

But I do think that some device will burst on the world one of these days
the way the Walkman did, or PDA did, or the cell phone did.  But we ain't
seen it yet.

Whatever the medium, what really matters is the quality and character of
what people read and otherwise experience when using it.  And therein lies a
huge challenge.

Tom

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> From: Stephen Wilmarth <stephen.wilmarth at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:24:44 -0500
> To: <post at mgp-forum.org>
> Subject: [MGP-Forum Announce] The perfect device for the 20th century book
> model....
> 
> 
> Sorry, but this device just doesn't do anything for me.  In the 21st century,
> books, magazines, and newspapers will morph into totally multi-media content
> displayed on flexible sheets that make "reading" a truly multi-modal
> experience.  The software and hardware for this experience is currently under
> development.  We'll see it released in mass-marketed products within 3-5
> years.
> 
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