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i still think well need some to wipe our arses with but i think some bright spark will think up some cool way to do it]]>Feb 27th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 28th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
So hopefully some of the next-gen eReaders will incorporate existing tech, much as this mash-up has.]]>Feb 27th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
Now, before I had an eBook reader, I would have thought the touch panel is awesome. And maybe it is, for secondary input. But reader hardware is not the same as an iPod touch. I've read full-length novels on lots of devices, including my cell phone, a Sony PRS-500, and the iPod Touch. The ONLY reason the iPod touch works is because it's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and you can scroll with your thumb. On a larger reader, it would be a HORRID idea to require two-handed operation. Plus, at least to me, there's something convenient (noncognitive) about keeping your finger or thumb on the page-advance button.

This could be made into a decent design, but I feel strongly that IF they made a reader with multi-touch, 98% of the people who think this is an awesome idea would regret their purchase.]]>Feb 27th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
I really don't know where Amazon got the idea for charging $300 for the e-book reader. If it was $100, I would buy it without the doubt. Are there any other decent priced e-book reader other than Kindle.]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
Especially when you think of students, and textbooks. They can download textbooks instantly for each class, carry a whole semesters worth of books on one device, everywhere they go, along with everything else (other books, newspapers, etc).

Hopefully that would cut down on textbook costs. Then hopefully some company comes along that enables you to create your own custom textbook mashups, taking chapters from various books and creating a class specific ebook.

Now we're talking... :)


Chris
www.PalaestraTraining.com
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I think a significant design improvement would be to be able to open up, a la "a book" and use one side to display problems, constraints, constant tables, steam data, etc.. and the other side used notebook style for working out these problems. I think this could be a truly innovative way to seamless blend the new and old into a quality engineering education.]]>Feb 27th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/A. Buy books at bookstore
B. Drive to Tijuana and have all books scanned to pdf for about $50.
C. Return books
D. Use laptops as books.
I would prefer and e-book reader though]]>Feb 27th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
...Maybe it's just me.]]>Feb 27th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
To me, it's like the self-driving car. No fan of driving will ever give up the feel of the road and control of the animal. I'll take the GPS, but I still like the feel of hugging a corner at speed.]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/

www.yourfaceisanadvert.com]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
Does anyone know if this is inherit in the design of e-ink? I read a lot, and this is a deal killer for me...]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
Apparently ahead of it's time...]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
While I don't have a big problem with B&W LCD, these eink devices are totally different technology. It may be a couple of years before something like this concept is possible at a realistic selling price. I do love the idea of a touch-sensitive screen though, much better than an array of buttons.

The new Sony Reader has a very nice screen, very contrasty, though refresh time is still not quite there. It would be nice if they could eliminate ghosting too, that would help with the page transitions.]]>Feb 27th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
The thing that is holding back ebooks is the lack of content. The thing is holding back consumers is DRM. Anything I see with DRM, I know will not work for something (legal) I want to do with it.

I read tech books. I have a gazillion O'Reilly books, and half a gazillion other tech books. I would LOVE to have access to all of them everyday at work. I would be able to read so much more if I had them in an ebook device. I usually stop reading because my arms get tired of holding a 1000-1500 page 7x9x2-3 inch book in bed at night. I have stopped buying books cause I can't find the time to finish them.

DRM is stopping me from buying media all over the place! Audio, Video, Books... all media is SUFFERING from DRM. When will they get the picture?]]>Feb 27th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
http://student.designawards.com.au/application_detail.jsp?status=2&applicationID=3431

Check it out, only a dollar per day! They eliminate the need to ever upgrade by removing the CPU and "Graphics Card" from the PC. Just do it all over the internet. Why didn't anyone else think of this? Gee, he's even got the pricing plan worked out! ]]>Feb 27th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 28th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/45836/2003026000207551863_rs.jpg

The orange stripes represent layered pages just like a real book.

This guy is getting closer to my dream eReader!]]>Feb 27th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
Kid has a pretty good idea, but this is a prototype - he's hardly figured out the problems of mass-producing this sucker. It's also like an inch, inch-and-a-half thick. Contrary to what was believed, the Kindle is quite thin. Maybe that extra room is needed to power the battery on the multitouch screen? And how much is that second screen and battery supply going to cost when he wants to mass produce this thing.

It seems he has a good idea with gestures to turn pages, but what other capabilities are there?

Text input? Does it say anything about note taking? He's got bluetooth, but what about instant download of content via cellular broadband?The fatcats at Amazon figured out all those problems PLUS how to mass-poduce PLUS got it out the door. He added a method to turn pages.

A possible scenario might be that Amazon did think of this, but abandoned it because it didn't justify the added cost, power drain, and form-factor changes. Not everything makes it into the production model. If it did, the flippin' MBA would actually have an optical drive....]]>Feb 27th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/Feb 27th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/e-book-concept-combines-leather-and-multi-touch/
So far, the only positive I see to ebooks are that they can store multiple books on them, and that their battery life is better than a laptop. Great, I mean when have I ever been out for the day and needed 5-6 books to read? So I guess storing multiple books is pointless then. The other positive is the battery life, which is better than a laptop. OK, but if my first point was that I never need more than a book or 2 in a given day, then the battery life doesn't really matter as I would just carry a normal old paper book. Also, maybe I just am not versed on the features of the ebook, but is there a search feature? If not, then what is the point really?

The current models are overpriced; I can go get books from the library for free, not so with ebooks. Is it really better for the environment? I mean for god sakes, you are now making an electronic brick to store in a landfill in 5 years rather than a paper book. ]]>Feb 27th 2008 2:26PM