Thread: Update on the new miBook
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Old 06-27-2008, 11:16 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Anne Steinberg View Post
I'm from miBook's pr firm and I just need to straighten everyone out about the miBook. It is NOT an e-book reader. It is a multi-media player that provides video content (that's moving images) from popular television programs seen on Food Network, DIY, ParentsTV and HGTV. So you actually see the task in action. It pauses at each step so users can do the activity at their own pace, plus it's set up with menus for the various titles so you can find the recipe, task or topic you'd like to view.
I agree we should stop to call any device that fits my hand and has a display, which is not an eInk display or a possible comparable future technolgy call an e-book reader. Its not.

I know we are all enthusiastic about e-Book readers, but this goes too far to scream for every device that could display a book, Hoooray! When for this use it would actually be a step backward in technology instead of forward.
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