IN THE midst of the current Kindle/Sony/and-what-about Apple e-reader hype, consider this.
“The major turn-off with e- books has been the discomfort of reading large amounts of text from a PC screen. If you get much beyond a few paragraphs of type, most people print it out,” Bill Gates recently told an audience at Microsoft’s headquarters. “It defeats the idea of immersive reading.”
Even the arrival of lightweight laptop computers hasn’t helped much. “It’s like having a cat perched on your lap on a hot summer’s day,” complains Bill Hill, a researcher with Microsoft’s eBook Group.
“The problem has prompted several companies to come up with specialised hand-held reader devices that are about the same size as the average novel, but with electronic memories and monochrome screens.” Read More
“The major turn-off with e- books has been the discomfort of reading large amounts of text from a PC screen. If you get much beyond a few paragraphs of type, most people print it out,” Bill Gates recently told an audience at Microsoft’s headquarters. “It defeats the idea of immersive reading.”
Even the arrival of lightweight laptop computers hasn’t helped much. “It’s like having a cat perched on your lap on a hot summer’s day,” complains Bill Hill, a researcher with Microsoft’s eBook Group.
“The problem has prompted several companies to come up with specialised hand-held reader devices that are about the same size as the average novel, but with electronic memories and monochrome screens.” Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
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