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.
The Touch Book by Always Innovating is creating buzz, you leave the keyboard in your bag and pull out the creen to read with. Or stick it on your refrigerator (this is not a joke). 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). Disclaimer: I am a participant in the Sugar Labs project which creates the software for the XO-1, so I am very biased. Sean. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv> wrote: > It is very noticeable that WVM is not a DAB user... > I was actually thinking of cross between a Kindle and an etch-a-sketch that > can be dropped onto a road, get covered in cement dust and will still allow > page 3 to be read. Something with an interface so simple that it can be > operated by "anyone in the pub" and cheap enough to be given away with a few > litres of petrol - or on the cover newspaper. > This device would be good news for sales of toilet paper... > > 2009/3/17 Steve Jolly <st...@jollys.org> >> >> Brian Butterworth wrote: >>> >>> And then there's that gizmo, the one that can deliver the Sun to "white >>> van man" cheaply and reliably. >> >> The radio? >> >> S >> >> - >> 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
