The reading appliance revolution
Schilit, B.N.; Price, M.N.; Golovchinsky, G.; Tanaka, K.; Marshall, C.C.
Computer
Volume 32, Issue 1, Jan 1999 Page(s):65 - 73
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/2.738306
Summary:In the 1970s, Alan Kay and his colleagues at Xerox PARC envisioned
a dynamic, interactive electronic book. Now, nearly 30 years later, that
vision has become a reality. A new kind of personal information
appliance-the reading appliance-is emerging as a tool for serious
readers. But is the world ready for reading appliances? The authors
believe that these appliances are indeed viable. Advances in mobile
hardware have made it possible to build the necessary hardware.
Additionally, the Web has created a market for online reading by
introducing millions of people to it, and books, magazines, newspapers,
advertisements, and other printed matter can be produced and read at
very low cost. Network based digital libraries increase the availability
of information, but people still tend to print the documents to work
with them. Electronic book and document readers will neither replace
paper nor will they replace desktop computers. Instead, they will occupy
their own unique and valuable role in our lives, bringing the paper and
computer worlds closer together
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