OPINION: Why E-books Are Bound To Fail

[24online]

E-books, those flat electronic tablets designed for reading downloadable, software-based books, are often packed with advanced displays and other leading-edge technology. Here's a lineup of the major e-books on the market (or almost on the market): Sony Reader; eRead StarEBook; Jinke Electronics HanLin eBook; iRex iLiad; Panasonic Words Gear; Bookeen Cybook; Hitachi Albirey; and Fujitsu Flepia. Unfortunately, these products -- as well as the whole product category -- are DESTINED FOR FAILURE.

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[47shailesh]

Ok-- Please elaborate

[Quiz_Master]

+ Agree.

But cell Phones are better e-book readers... Its convergence...

[kirangp]

Its given in detail...click on S

[chesss]

how can they fail when they have already succeeded?? I read em all the time on my palm. Granted its not as good as palm but once I get hold of an eink screen, majaa aa jayega,
About eink screens -
1. consume nil electricity to display. Can display content withour batteries!!!!
2. No glare, or as much glare as paper
3. dirt cheap to produce.
4. ROllable

But cell Phones are better e-book readers... Its convergence...

True and here's the prototype - http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhel...1988256,00.htm

btw if anyone is interested in ebooks, PM me

[..:: Free Radical ::..]

Heck I even read a lot on my 6600

[Quiz_Master]

^^ mee too me too...
On my n72.
Its a pleasure to read on mobile...
Allready converted 67 Books in PRC format...
I use Mobipocket reader..

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

EBooks (the software ones) are a complete failure when it comes to reading literature or ny other sort of non-technical documents , BUT , EBooks(specially in CHM format) r very good to keep running as reference material when u're programming or doing something technical because they r easily searchable so it becomes much easier to locate the erlevant material in it .

for example in my case , when i program for ny framework , say PHP , then i keep the php manual running and as the Manual is in CHM and completely indexed i just type the function name n i get it's whole usage , description n examples , simple isn't it

[fun2sh]

i find the mobiles the best way to read ebooks. i use readmaniac on m k700i to read books. its much better than the book itself as mobiles r too light to hold + u can set it to auto scroll mode so u hav to do nothin but read the book without any efford+plus there is no need of extra light

[ax3]

its pain in my EYE 2 read ebooks ...........