Shiny New E-Book Gizmo: The Amazon Kindle


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Alexander Turcic
11-11-2006, 10:09 AM
Found this photo of an earlier Philips e-book reader prototype. The navigation keys look very familiar, don't you think? :)

Alexander Turcic
11-11-2006, 10:20 AM
The news item "Saddam's act of defiance..." appeared in the London Times in July 1, 2004 to give you an idea when this photo was shot.

k2r
11-11-2006, 03:14 PM
Found this photo of an earlier Philips e-book reader prototype. The navigation keys look very familiar, don't you think? :)

Since iRex is a Philips spin-off that's not too amazing :-)

yokos
11-13-2006, 07:05 AM
Alexander, nice find.

Mmh, prototyp's flip bar is on the right side. Maybe I would like this alignment more.

arivero
11-13-2006, 07:23 AM
What I am ashamed about, is of noticing the existence of the "download" button. If this is july 2004 it means no discussion about useability issues since the first prototype.