Hrm... On the buying books using the slim LCD... I don't think they'd be that insane. What's more likely is that the LCD touchscreen will be used soley as an input device, as it is meant to. It says right there on the website that it's secondary purpose is as a touchscreen keyboard. Ergo, it is logical to deduce that while that would act as your input device, the much larger E-ink display will be your output.
For certain, it might be a bit cumbersome when navigating an online store, but we all know how to use arrow keys.
Oh, and BTW: I love the idea of the full color LCD Library Display. Seeing your book covers in nothing but a drab taupe-and-black is kinda depressing. This is sthe 21st Century for God's sake! Let's build shit like the Sci-Fi writers dreamt it. Next up I want sprockin' free-floating holograpic menus! Hardlight and touch sensitive! Make it so, Number One!
... *Ahem*
Okay, also, don't knock the memory space thing. You know that it is only a matter of time before they reinvent the book just as the movie has been reinvented. There will be commentaries and notes from authers and editors and even friends and family members who were in on writing the book in question. You know that it's only a matter of time
Music is a definite possibility as well, and not a new one either. Look no further than Jonathan Livingston Seagull which had a complete soundtrack written for it by none other than Neil Diamond. Trust me, having a whole album with tracks taking up about 5 MB a pop to go with a single e-book is gonna eat away at that memory space like a sugar cube in a beaker of hydrocloric acid.
Don't think it will happen? Just wait and see.
For certain, it might be a bit cumbersome when navigating an online store, but we all know how to use arrow keys.
Oh, and BTW: I love the idea of the full color LCD Library Display. Seeing your book covers in nothing but a drab taupe-and-black is kinda depressing. This is sthe 21st Century for God's sake! Let's build shit like the Sci-Fi writers dreamt it. Next up I want sprockin' free-floating holograpic menus! Hardlight and touch sensitive! Make it so, Number One!
... *Ahem*
Okay, also, don't knock the memory space thing. You know that it is only a matter of time before they reinvent the book just as the movie has been reinvented. There will be commentaries and notes from authers and editors and even friends and family members who were in on writing the book in question. You know that it's only a matter of time
Music is a definite possibility as well, and not a new one either. Look no further than Jonathan Livingston Seagull which had a complete soundtrack written for it by none other than Neil Diamond. Trust me, having a whole album with tracks taking up about 5 MB a pop to go with a single e-book is gonna eat away at that memory space like a sugar cube in a beaker of hydrocloric acid.
Don't think it will happen? Just wait and see.