Its no secret that I’m a rabid reader and the proud owner of a Sony PRS-505 ereader (Think Amazon Kindle just sexier). It great for reading books bought from the Sony ebook store or documents I’ve converted but not so good for professional documents in the PDF format. A small German company by the name of Plastic Logic is working an ereader that is thin, wireless and able to view 8.5″ x 11″ documents. In its current form this is not going to destroy the print market, but if the technology can be embedded into different devices or used as a textbook replacement the future looks bleak for paper.CNN.com Preview Embedded video from CNN Video Consumer Electronics Show Hands-On
Its no secret that I’m a rabid reader and the proud owner of a Sony PRS-505 ereader (Think Amazon Kindle just sexier). It great for reading books bought from the Sony ebook store or documents I’ve converted but not so good for professional documents in the PDF format. A small German company by the name of Plastic Logic is working an ereader that is thin, wireless and able to view 8.5″ x 11″ documents. In its current form this is not going to destroy the print market, but if the technology can be embedded into different devices or used as a textbook replacement the future looks bleak for paper.
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