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JSWolf · 10-23-2007, 01:15 PM

If they had claimed to take reading ebooks on your computer to a new level, then that would have been fine. But it's saying that our portable ebook reading devices are obsolete. The problem is that these 3D books tie us down to something that runs Windows. So it's not in the true sense a replacement for the iLiad, 500/505, Gen3, Reb 1150 etc. It's just a new form of ebook using multi-media for a different experience other then just reading. I don;t think that's a problem at all. I don't think the idea is rubbish. I think the comment that it makes readers obsolete is rubbish.

10-23-2007, 01:15 PM	#36
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,061 Karma: 147983159 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If they had claimed to take reading ebooks on your computer to a new level, then that would have been fine. But it's saying that our portable ebook reading devices are obsolete. The problem is that these 3D books tie us down to something that runs Windows. So it's not in the true sense a replacement for the iLiad, 500/505, Gen3, Reb 1150 etc. It's just a new form of ebook using multi-media for a different experience other then just reading. I don;t think that's a problem at all. I don't think the idea is rubbish. I think the comment that it makes readers obsolete is rubbish.