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I've just ordered an electronic-reader which I am hoping will completely replace my paper books which take up too much space and are a hastle to move around. Is this a ridiculously optimistic idea? Probably.
As of Autumn 2008 you can finally buy electronic readers directly from the high street in the UK. They are based on "e-ink" which is not a particularly new product but has taken a while to reach any sort of mass market. Using an e-ink screen it is theoretically possible to read a text file or a pdf or whatever for as long as you like without drying out your eyeballs. Unlike other displays it doesn't work by shining a light at your face, but instead uses an electrical charge to attract or repel black or white bits to the surface of a screen to create a black and white image (which you need some external lightsource to read).
There are a few e-readers out there, and the version I have gone for is called the Cybook Gen3. I decided to order this one because it is currently the cheapest - WH Smith are selling it online at a seemingly discounted price of £180 to generate interest. But although it is relatively cheap it is also out of stock and I have no idea when it will arrive. I'm off on holiday to Turkey towards the end of September - hopefully it will get to me by then so that I'll be able to relax on a beach skim reading Decline and Fall and the complete works of Shakespeare...
As of Autumn 2008 you can finally buy electronic readers directly from the high street in the UK. They are based on "e-ink" which is not a particularly new product but has taken a while to reach any sort of mass market. Using an e-ink screen it is theoretically possible to read a text file or a pdf or whatever for as long as you like without drying out your eyeballs. Unlike other displays it doesn't work by shining a light at your face, but instead uses an electrical charge to attract or repel black or white bits to the surface of a screen to create a black and white image (which you need some external lightsource to read).
There are a few e-readers out there, and the version I have gone for is called the Cybook Gen3. I decided to order this one because it is currently the cheapest - WH Smith are selling it online at a seemingly discounted price of £180 to generate interest. But although it is relatively cheap it is also out of stock and I have no idea when it will arrive. I'm off on holiday to Turkey towards the end of September - hopefully it will get to me by then so that I'll be able to relax on a beach skim reading Decline and Fall and the complete works of Shakespeare...
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