On 4/12/04 4:24 PM, "Vladimir James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apple's iPod has covered music and photos, maybe this could be its next move.
>
> ---------------- excerpt from a New York Times article on e-books ----------
>
> "The market's biggest hurdle right now may be that most people have
> never even seen an e-book -- at least not one with a price tag. Yet more
> people are reading more words from screens every day, which some would
> argue is equivalent to reading a digital book. The popularity of Apple's
> iTunes Web site for purchasing downloaded music indicates that ''people
> are getting used to buying digital content without a physical copy,''
> notes Theresa Horner, director of e-book operations and business
> development at HarperCollins. Now consumers just need the equivalent of
> an iPod for digital books, she says."
>
> Read the whole article at:
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/books/review/05GLAZERL.html?8bu>
>
> Vlad James
If you could download an ebook, then get the iPod to convert the text to
speech on the fly, that would be a cool use. I fear the screen is too small
to read anything substantial. The 2000/2100 Newton was the perfect size for
that application :-)
Seeya
Rod!
