eReader "Plastic Logic" is almost here

[sfpcjock]

There's a http://www.plasticlogic.com/">video report from CNN on their website that you might like.


Before and after

I tried out the Amazon Kindle eReader a few months ago and found it interesting. Now this may be even a more convenient format that having piles of newspaper around.

[hunter]

1. The textbook industry as we know it needs to die.

I never had to carry around the bricks my kids have to carry around, not even in college.

C'mon already, give every kid an electronic book/laptop computer and let them download whatever books they need.

[quakerboy]

2. Durability

Every one of the readers I have seen would have died a quick death if subjected to my younger self.

[hunter]

3. That's for sure.

It's hard to imagine a machine that would survive the abuse my eighth grade algebra textbook had to endure.

[kentauros]

4. It's about time!

Ever since the use of the term "notebook computer" was put in use, I have derided it for not truly being a "notebook". This is. Now just pair it up with AutoCAD or something like it and we have an instant in-field electronic-sketching tool :D