Can the e-reader save the “printed” word?
Plastic Logic yesterday announced their new product, known currently as the reader. Similar to Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s eReader, the unnamed reader uses E Ink technology, which provides a digital display with a similar look and feel as a book. From Plastic Logic’s Web site:
Differentiated by a stunning form factor (the size of 8.5 x 11-inch paper), the Plastic Logic reader features a big readable display. Yet it’s thinner than a pad of paper, lighter than many business periodicals, and offers a high-quality reading experience – better than alternatives of paper or other electronic readers on the market today.
The reader will be released in spring of 2009. The question is what – if any impact will this have on the newspaper industry?