"Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader called Kindle. The paperback-sized device is on sale immediately in the US for $399 (£195). It can store up to 200 books in its on board memory."But here's the interesting part. The 'Kindle' has no need for wires to be able to receive the information, it takes on the information via wireless connector.
So what does this mean for literature and printing? The digital book reader has some very impressive and more importantly, useful features. It has a keyboard at it's base which allows the user to annotate on the literature they are reading, it can not only store books, but papers, magazines and blogs. Kindle is also potentially very quick at downloading. Amazon reported that it took less than a minute to download a whole book.
The benefits to this system are enormous, a main one that comes to mind is the use in academics. If a student can hold all the relevant texts they will be studying on one device and have the ability to make notes while studying, this system could lend itself to a huge educational market. Other key uses may be in business, a company could use the kindle to store documents for meetings and briefs, it could also be used a database.
So it looks like the bringing together of hand held devices, the internet and literature seems to be a hit, but what will you do with your book ends?
All sources from www.bbc.co.uk/technology and amazon.com.
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