From the Kindle to the Book to the Sony Reader, it seems that e-Readers are everywhere we look these days and why shouldn’t they be? These little devices have revolutionised the way we read and absorb information so their ubiquity should hardly be surprising.
0E-books make e-reader heavier
California scientist has proved that E-readers become heavier with each loaded book. This fact was claimed by John D. Kubiatowicz, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley in the New York Times.
0The Effect of eReaders on American Information
Collections of media such as music, movies, and software are becoming an obsolete thing of the past. Digital storage devices allow us to save all of our entertainment in one easy to access location. We no longer have to …
0Infrared Touch Screen Technology for eReaders
First it was Sony in September 2010 with the release of three ereaders. Then, in May 2011, Barnes and Noble released the Nook Simple Touch Reader and Kobo released the Kobo Touch ereader. Just looking at the names …
0Silk for flexible e-devices: Taiwan Researchers Choice
Researches of the Taiwan University reported that they have found a method for use of membranes from silk in flexible electronic equipment and have already started to talk to manufacturers about unique, but not too …
0Color E-Ink and eReaders: The Hanvon Initiative
Chinese firm Hanvon has decided to use color E Ink in its new color eReader to be launched in March. There are problems associated with the vibrancy of color E Ink, though it beats LCD in terms of battery life and readability under strong lighting conditions. Will that be sufficient for color E Ink to succeed with Hanvon? Time will tell but the company certainly expects it to.
0What’s Next in e-Ink Technology
E-Ink technology is currently focusing on color displays and also on e-ink for flexible plastic displays. Although E Ink research has a way to go to get close the quality of color achievable with LCD, HP Labs is well advanced in its development of flexible displays for roll-up screens. When the two will come together is anybody’s guess, but it just might be sooner than later.
1The Rise and Fall of E-Readers: are the Days of Dedicated Devices Numbered?
The quick success of the iPad has indicated that the future is bleak for dedicated e-readers such as the Kindle or the Nook. But is this really true, or is it a misreading of a situation that might have been created by an interest in modern technology that will not be extended to paying high prices for e-book-reading hardware?
0Turning Book to Digital is the Future
Q: What do a PC manufacturer (Apple), TV maker (Sony), search engine (Google), and a book retailer (Amazon, B&N) have in common?
A: They’re all jumping into the same pond – the ebook/ereader pond.
Not only that, smartphones, cellphones…
4Bound Books or eBooks: Price or Sensation?
There is currently an issue over the relative cost of regular bound books and their digital equivalents. Many feel that eBooks should be priced cheaper than they are now, although an analysis of the relative costs of the two do not bear this out. Were eBooks to become too inexpensive…
1Light Years Ahead In The Blink Of An Eye With Color E-inc Technology
James L. Brown, Tampela Book Club.
Technology sure has come a long way. It seems like we keep making leaps in light years of advance especially when it comes to doing away with all of the popular old familiars when it comes to print media. One minute we had books on…
10E-Book Readers and E-Ink: their Past, Present and Future
E-Ink is not an ink as such, but a form of encapsulation used in eBook Readers. Ink has been used for thousands of years, and the principle of ink upon paper to convey thoughts, ideas and messages is a sound one. Paper is easy to carry around, and does not…
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