Thread: What Took so Long?
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Old 08-30-2010, 05:12 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by thymaster View Post
This year was the first I've heard about digital readers bursting out of media headlines with the iPad, Kindle and e-Ink technology. But why did it take digital books so long to emerge? Looking at an eReader at first I though it looked like something from the 80's. Shouldn't this technology be up to date with like HD 1080p e-Ink technology by now?

Here's what I mean... http://cgi.ebay.ph/VINTAGE-CASIO-Z-7...-/270619854502
Talk about a blast from the past. I remember the Geos operating system and when it was first ported to the PC. It was supposed to make Microsoft tremble. Instead, the company that owned it flubbed the release, didn't bother putting out an SDK until well after Microsoft had released Windows 3.1 and the rest as they say is history. As for ebook reading, I've been doing it since I was reading on my old Palm M100.
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