Here’s a write-up on a new Ebook reader that Plastic Logic just unveiled. It uses the same electronic ink technology that Kindle uses, but has a screen that is about the size of a normal piece of paper. It’s thin, flexible, and durable. Evidently, it can take a beating.
If they make this so that it’s easy to read a wide range of formats, then this could be the Kindle-killer.
If the price is right, I may have to get one. Imagine having something in your book bag that contained electronic copies of everything you could ever want to read in philosophy, but weighed no more than a legal pad. Imagine that, because of the electronic ink technology, it felt like you were reading a real piece of paper…
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