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Originally Posted by Utahcowboy
Honestly I am not very impressed. I think this is a step backwards instead of a step forwards. The bad thing about a traditional flimsy paper product is that is is cumbersome, bulky, and inconvenient. A paper back or newspaper (although light) is hard to hold in a comfortable way. With a newspaper you have to keep adjusting your grip because it is flexible, this is the same with magazines, and paperbacks have a tendency to spring back on you if you are not holding them firmly enough. I think that the current trend of ebook readers encased in a plastic or metal frame with the use of a stylus or buttons is a far superior idea. Rigidity combined with thinness and lightness is the present and future of ebook readers. I don't think this flexible magazine looking thing will ever get off the ground.
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If a flexible screen was included in a "hardcover" device, it would be much more durable. Accidentally sit on your kindle 3.0? No problem, just flatten the screen back out. With a flexible screen I can see these devices being built to withstand much more abuse than current devices can take. "Sony Tacti-book 580"
"Paperback" and "hardcover" e-readers?
