http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/ Engadget Comments for Plastic Logic e-book reader: now with 3G http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/If you actually had some of your sensory modalities intact (vision and audition), you would know that this thing is not supposed to be like a book.]]>May 27th 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/If it works out the same as the current e-ink displays, then someone will make various models. A six inch screen with USB connection, perhaps an A4, and an all singing all dancing connected every way possible version. Plus, e-ink type displays can be used for more than e-book readers. Think watches, cell phone displays, media player displays etc.

The big advantage of this particular display is that it is pretty difficult to damage it. Unlike the glass mounted ones that can crack and render an expensive device useless with a single drop.]]>May 29th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 27th 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/E-readers should first and foremost be in education. I regularly spent $500 dollars on 40lbs of textbooks a semester in college. A twelve ounce e-reader with a 30% discount on digital texts would definitely entice customers to consider going digital. (Although it would be up to 19th century-esque publishers to offer these discounts.) Manufacturers need to play up the strengths of the digital medium. Integrated searching, highlighting, auto-generated notes from user-highlights. They do not need to be spending money on 3g hardware and carrier negotiations (I'll digress on wifi given it's cheap prices nowadays). Until books are consumed faster than a 3 minuted Mily Cyrus song, there is no need for constant connection. An SD card provides fast enough updates. An e-reader is not a laptop/tablet/pmp.
In a market just coming into it's own, we are still just waiting for the product which does e-books simply and effectively. The kindle is a good start as it tackles the huge issue of content, but I believe the true starting point of ebooks is in education where $200 of hardware and convenience can pay for itself after only a year.]]>May 28th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 28th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/plastic-logic-ebook-reader-now-with-3g/May 29th 2009 10:39AM