The real question is, what constitutes “best”? The contest doesn’t mean anything before developers know the Adam’s App Store business model.
I saw this article just after I clicked “post” on my last one. The MIT Technology Review does a great overview on the upcoming screen technologies vying for ereader attention, including Pixel Qi, Qualcomm’s Mirasol, Liquavista and Kent Displays.
The overall tone of this article is almost a cautionary one: why buy a black and white reader when screen capable of color and full motion video are promised to be out later this year?
No doubt there are hundreds of people in MIT’s Media Labs waiting for these technologies to apply them in ridiculous(ly awesome) ways.
CES is like the nerd show that keeps on giving. My father spent lots of time with tons of devices today. His impressions will come later tonight. Here’s the straight up news of happened today at CES about ereaders and ebooks!
Plastic Logic QUE proReader in-depth video hands-on (Engadget)
Skiff and Marvell make it easy(er) for people to build their own e-ink devices (sorta) (Engadget)
Borders is the ebook store of choice for the Alex (mediabistro)
Mediabistro’s hands on with the Entourage eDGe (mediabistro)
COOL-ER reader was apparently developed in less than 8 months, is #1 in Europe (mediabistro)
Interview with CourseSmart’s Frank Lyman (mediabistro)
Pixel Qi promises screens in devices in 2010 (Engadget)
Speaking of Pixel Qi screens in devices, here’s the Notion Ink Adam (Engadget)
Bookeen debuts Orizon touchscreen ebook reader (Engadget)
Best selling author talks about ereaders and ebooks (mediabistro)
More time with Havnon’s WISEreader ereader lineup (Engadget)
Enough with the ereaders already, says Gawker (mediabistro)
There you have it! Our own hands on impressions coming later tonight.
Pretty much the only reason this is getting a mention here is so that I can keep track of it after CES; I’d be genuinely surprised if the screen on this remains a low power LCD after the trade show, what with new screen offerings from Plastic Logic, Pixel Qi and others being announced. Keeping an eye on this one.
Pixel Qi has some very impressive technology in their screens. Depending on the launch window and actual specs of the fabled Apple tablet, this has the potential to be pretty neat. Hopefully the crowds at CES will be able to get hands on instead of just eyes on. Definitely sending someone over to play with it (since I can’t make it to the show this year).
