Newsweek has an article about the demise of the print newspaper and its hopeful Phoenix-like rise from the ashes in a digital reincarnation. Several companies "will soon launch e-readers with screens the size of an 8.5-by-11-inch piece of paper—and unlike existing e-readers, which have glass screens, these next-generation machines will use flexible, plastic screens that readers won't have to worry about cracking. Richard Archuleta is CEO of Plastic Logic, which this week is set to demo a larger, flex-screen reader that will go on sale next year."
Color eink is a few years off, according to the article, and there is no word on the price point of these larger, flexible devices.
Hmmm…. I am cautiously optimistic about the device (as an ebook reader, but for newspapers? not so much). I’ll need more details before I get too excited though. If you hear anything else, please let us know, Jane.
I’d be interested.
Jane, or anybody else, any feedback on the Ectaco Jetbook? I just heard about it and I’m curious.
Given that I had my Cybook about a week before I noticed a seam starting to show evidence that I wasn’t keeping it in a rigid case, I’ll be very interested in seeing the flexible epaper. Of course, I was first promised flexible epaper Real Soon Now about a decade ago…
THat is such a great idea!!