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Old 09-01-2007, 11:09 PM   #21
LaughingVulcan
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Note: I only watched the first 4 and a half minutes for various reasons.

"Definitely not in 5 years." Almost tempted to say not in 10, just on the basis of the thicknesses of the hardware. Multitouch monitors are certainly coming; I'm sure that something like that will be here soon. We'll have color eInk in 3-5 years. Could you link in a GPS? Why not?

But you'd almost have to have some type of WiFi or Bluetooth connection between the folios shown and some master unit IMHO, if those products would have any kind of battery life.

Will something similarish happen, technology-wise? Probably. But the bookstore concept as shown - doubt it in the extreme as others above have noted. I could potentially see a place with in-store units that could be browsed, but I doubt that also.
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