On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > A key characteristic of a newspaper is that you can fold it up. > Foldable or rollable screens may yet arrive in the next few years, I > vaguely recall Samsung and Sony showing proof-of-concept and > prototypes the last year.
If I get my fish & chips wrapped in a Kindle I will be really annoyed. ;-) > I like e-reading on the OLPC XO-1 which is small, light, and > ruggedized (it's for kids), twists and folds flat screen out, and in > direct sunlight switches to very high resolution black and white (you > have to read on it outside to believe it). Navigation is by the > joystick buttons although it does take a little getting used to. I own > an EeePC and an Aspire One and they are clunky in comparison (I don't > even consider classic laptops). I'd gladly buy one as an ebook reader to help get those economics of scale working for OLPC, but... - Rob. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
