Comments on: Foxit eSlick ebook reader sells out on debut, ships to NZ and Australia http://activitypress.com/2009/02/26/foxit-eslick-ebook-reader-sells-out-on-debut-ships-to-nz-and-australia/ Martin Taylor on ebooks and media from a Downunder perspective Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Martin Taylor http://activitypress.com/2009/02/26/foxit-eslick-ebook-reader-sells-out-on-debut-ships-to-nz-and-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Martin Taylor Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:49:17 +0000 http://activitypress.com/?p=223#comment-2006 Hi Curtis. I think this sort of thing could certainly happen and I suspect over time that we'll simply have more specialised gadgets that we use, depending on the application. At least one of them will no doubt be packed with a little bit of everything but the trend to cloud computing and the ability to get to your stuff from multiple devices (and have it follow you around, which we see, for instance, with readers that open your book on a new device at the same page you last read), should make it feasible for people to do this. You want a dedicated paperback-sized reader too? Or a home-theatre quality audio/video device in the lounge to access the same songs and movies as your iPod on the move? Or for that matter, the online recipe book for the kitchen. When it's relatively cheap and interconnected, you can have it all. Just not today. Hi Curtis. I think this sort of thing could certainly happen and I suspect over time that we’ll simply have more specialised gadgets that we use, depending on the application. At least one of them will no doubt be packed with a little bit of everything but the trend to cloud computing and the ability to get to your stuff from multiple devices (and have it follow you around, which we see, for instance, with readers that open your book on a new device at the same page you last read), should make it feasible for people to do this. You want a dedicated paperback-sized reader too? Or a home-theatre quality audio/video device in the lounge to access the same songs and movies as your iPod on the move? Or for that matter, the online recipe book for the kitchen. When it’s relatively cheap and interconnected, you can have it all. Just not today.

]]> By: Curtis Owings http://activitypress.com/2009/02/26/foxit-eslick-ebook-reader-sells-out-on-debut-ships-to-nz-and-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Curtis Owings Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:53:50 +0000 http://activitypress.com/?p=223#comment-1943 A very interesting device. I know the trend seems to be to pack more and more functionality in to PDA phones. This of course has many key advantages, but also greatly increases the cost and complexity of the device. I wonder if perhaps a bluetooth capable "media device" like this could link to a data capable phone. Physically separating the cost and functionality. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the device market pans out. A very interesting device.

I know the trend seems to be to pack more and more functionality in to PDA phones. This of course has many key advantages, but also greatly increases the cost and complexity of the device.

I wonder if perhaps a bluetooth capable “media device” like this could link to a data capable phone. Physically separating the cost and functionality.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the device market pans out.

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