EBooks? How can!
Until recently, an e-book called a device with a screen operating on the principle of electronic ink - like, say, a Kindle from Amazon or a Pocketbook 360 from Pocketbook. But at the last consumer electronics show (CES), all and sundry - from Asian contractors to respectable companies - presented concepts of devices with LCD screens, loudly referred to as "electronic books". However, can they be called electronic books?
The chip of a canonical e-book is a non-backlit display that simulates real paper and, unlike LCD screens, does not bore your eyes. Many e-books presented at the exhibition did not satisfy this basic requirement.
Computer developers are influenced by trends in the same way as teenage girls, and many manufacturers of so-called books simply did not resist the onslaught of a newfangled wave. In actual fact, most of these books are merely “tablets” or mobile Internet devices (MID) that can display electronic reading with the help of e-book software, but are not optimized for this purpose. By and large, they are no different from mobile phones with support for the Kindle program, except that the screen size.
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Take, for example, the MSI “reader” with a dual 10-inch screen. The concept turned out to be extremely light, the touch screen is very convenient for navigating through Windows 7. The screen responds to the turns of the device in a horizontal and vertical position; In horizontal mode, a virtual keyboard opens. But while MSI does not plan to bring the device to the market, and mass production will begin no earlier than 2011. The same can be said about the second concept of the company, a “reader” based on Google Android, half a inch thick. Both gadgets work on the software for e-books, are equipped with LCD screens and use full-fledged operating systems. Their functionality is much broader than that of many traditional e-books, but are they suitable for reading the works of Darya Dontsova or Umberto Eco on the train?
There are, of course, hybrids trying to combine business with pleasure. "Readers" Entourage eDge and Spring Designs Alex Reader - also with LCD screens. But they also have electronic or e-ink screens of the same or larger size. And it is these main screens that are suggested for reading.
In general, there is an opinion, manufacturers should decide on terms. Otherwise, the day is not far off when, in the wrapper of a large-format wall stationary "reading room", we will try to push a 50-inch plasma screen.
via pcworld.com
The chip of a canonical e-book is a non-backlit display that simulates real paper and, unlike LCD screens, does not bore your eyes. Many e-books presented at the exhibition did not satisfy this basic requirement.
Computer developers are influenced by trends in the same way as teenage girls, and many manufacturers of so-called books simply did not resist the onslaught of a newfangled wave. In actual fact, most of these books are merely “tablets” or mobile Internet devices (MID) that can display electronic reading with the help of e-book software, but are not optimized for this purpose. By and large, they are no different from mobile phones with support for the Kindle program, except that the screen size.
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Take, for example, the MSI “reader” with a dual 10-inch screen. The concept turned out to be extremely light, the touch screen is very convenient for navigating through Windows 7. The screen responds to the turns of the device in a horizontal and vertical position; In horizontal mode, a virtual keyboard opens. But while MSI does not plan to bring the device to the market, and mass production will begin no earlier than 2011. The same can be said about the second concept of the company, a “reader” based on Google Android, half a inch thick. Both gadgets work on the software for e-books, are equipped with LCD screens and use full-fledged operating systems. Their functionality is much broader than that of many traditional e-books, but are they suitable for reading the works of Darya Dontsova or Umberto Eco on the train?
There are, of course, hybrids trying to combine business with pleasure. "Readers" Entourage eDge and Spring Designs Alex Reader - also with LCD screens. But they also have electronic or e-ink screens of the same or larger size. And it is these main screens that are suggested for reading.
In general, there is an opinion, manufacturers should decide on terms. Otherwise, the day is not far off when, in the wrapper of a large-format wall stationary "reading room", we will try to push a 50-inch plasma screen.
via pcworld.com
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/80463/
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