Seven millimeters thick, big as a sheet of paper and looking like a notebook drive this amazing document, submitted by Plastic Logic, displays text, charts or PowerPoint presentations on a plastic screen. In short, it is an electronic book, but dedicated to the business world. This destination and its large display, thin and sensitive, clearly distinct from the current models.
At the conference DemoFall 08, San Diego, the company Plastic Logic has seemingly caused a sensation with a new model of electronic book (e-paper for some), which can be compared to the Sony Reader, the Cybook of Booken, the Microsoft Reader and the Amazon Kindle. They share a screen made of “electronic ink”, presenting a good contrast (black and white) and do not require energy to keep the information visible. Reading a text is comfortable and the text all the rest you want.
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It is here! Taking into account that the readings become digital with demand, Google Books becomes mobile with a version of its site, and largely optimized for playback on mobile platforms, such as Blackberry or iPhone or Android obviously.
The engine crying out loud, they are now 1.5 million pounds that can be put in his pocket, because sometimes “it aspires to something more than simple video game or a movie,” anticipates Google. And indeed according to our first tests with a Archos 5, equipped with a 3G chip SFR, the interface is more convenient to use and very fast.
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