A recent article on E-books caught my eye
Tags :Geek Toys
They still lurk out there, we are some diehards
for this way of reading.
For those of you that do not know (since
I haven't talked about it in ages), I carry an E-Book that was made by
RCA a few years ago. The REB-1100 to be exact. The
article I read points to
the 1200 version, which had color and a bunch of other unnecessary things
for me. I can say it is one of the best investments I made long ago.
Unfortunately, the author is also right on that the cost of the digital
books was one of the demises he starts to define. I saw the advantages
of the device from day one.
- No more carrying large quantities of hard or softback books along for the plane and train rides.
- Reading in bed was a dream. No more lights as it is backlit. When you doze off it turns itself off and comes back on at the same page.
- Loading material was easy through USB
- Materials (non-protected I say to protect the innocent) is abundant, but on-line stores are hard to find now
- Maps and other things could be brought down as HTML and moved to it
- It was rechargeable
- Books do not have to be on paper, I say!
- It has underline, highlite and the ability to drop countless bookmarks everywhere
Anyone else use one of these?
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On Thursday, May 26th, 2005 by Chris Miller
