Friday, April 23, 2004

Whoa nelly! Digital paper is here!

Sony's rolling the first commercial version of digital paper to market. Wow. It's not much more than a glorified PDA right now, but the potential is there: Library without books
The quality of the display will come as quite a shock to any seasoned user of mobile devices; it looks more like paper than the computer screen it is. The closest comparison is to think of old-fashioned ink on pulp you're likely holding now, unless you're reading this online, in which case the Librie looks far better.

Current features include a 6-inch screen with 170 dpi resolution that runs on three AAA batteries, which is supposedly enough to "turn" 10,000 pages. It's implied that future versions will be more book-like, hold more content, have expanded multimedia capabilities and online (think Wi-Fi) talents as well. This technology is definitely getting interesting a lot faster than I thought it would.

Now Playing: R.E.M. Out of Time

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