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January 03, 2005
Latest thing in hi-tech: a book
They have fought over DVDs, digital cameras, MP3 players and flat-screen televisions.
Now Japan’s gadget makers have chosen a new battleground for 2005: the electronic book. Technology companies and science-fiction writers have been predicting the death of paper for decades, and they have always been wrong.
Until now, people have happily stuck to books despite the digital age because books still represent the cheapest and easiest-to-read medium for words. The idea of a paperless office is widely scoffed at and entirely cashless financial systems remain elusive.
But Sony and Matsushita, the two largest consumer electronic companies, believe they may have turned the corner in driving the humble book to extinction.
Posted by Jon at January 3, 2005 04:17 PM