A new company called Plastic Logic, born from Cambridge University research, is coming out with a very nice looking E-Paper display early next year. It's much slimmer than the Kindle, wirelessly gets content, and has more screen area than the Kindle. It's actually heavier, but it's still small enough to be a very nice gadget. I would love to have a laptop with an E-Paper screen for coding, email, and document work. Smartphones, PDA's, SideShow devices, and remote controls would all benefit from this technology if it would ever be available cheaply. Within a few years we'll supposedly have color screens with fast enough refresh for light video work. Obviously that would be even better, though I'd like to know if that's really the biggest hindrance to adoption at this point. Anyway, I'll be keeping my eyes open. I think the Kindle is very nice looking, but it's too locked down. If it could do more, and wasn't quite so expensive, I'd consider it. For now, I'm pretty happy with my Asus Aspire One.
Source: http://thefutureofthings.com/print.php?itemTypeId=2&itemId=5748
posted @ Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:13 PM