When it comes to hardware, memory is cheap, tiny, and drop-proof, now, but the controls and display are still expensive and breakable.
I've been wishing for years that buses and trains had e-paper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeaT62OMi8M) pasted on the seatback, walls, or windows, so I could bring my own content to read without having to carry a large screen or worry about dropping or losing my hardware. There are shades of this idea -- but not quite -- in that Microsoft Office labs video: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090228/microsoft-office-labs-vision-2019- video/. -- Jerome Ryckborst, CUA | UPA member | AIA member | -- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help