Kindle,+Sony+Reader,+etc.


 * __Books on Handheld Dedicated Devices:__**

"Fujitsu's New Reader: A Step tpward the Post-Web World" by Josh Quittner, __Time__, March 19, 2009 "**the world's first color e-reader. It renders text as cleanly as a printed page, displays 260,000 colors, weighs three-quarters of a pound and is connected to the Net via WiFi." [|**http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1886268,00.html**]
 * FLEPia from Fujitsu

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 * Kindle**

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 * Sony Reader Digital Book**

Activity: Watch the Amazon video about Kindle while we pass around a real Kindle.


 * So what’s stopping all of us from buying them?**
 * E-ink v. LCD – which will win?
 * Dedicated device or multi-purpose? How many devices do we want to carry?
 * Cost
 * Share-ability
 * Battery life
 * Read more about it:
 * "Fear the Kindle: Amazon's amazing e-book reader is bad news for the publishing industry" By Farhad Manjoo, Posted Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, []
 * "Why Kindle Should Be an Open Book: Unless Amazon embraces open standards, the Kindle's lead will become a very short story" by Tim O'Reilly, Feb. 23, 2009, []
 * The Once and Future e-book: A veteran of a former turning of the e-book wheel looks at the past, present, and future of reading books on things that are not books. []
 * Why there isn’t a perfect Ebook reader []
 * Move Over Kindle: E-Books Hit Cell Phones []
 * Northwest Missouri State U. Tries E-Book Readers, With Mixed Results []