Comments on: BusinessWeek on the UMPC and Foleo http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/05/31/businessweek-on-umpcs-and-the-foleo/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/05/31/businessweek-on-umpcs-and-the-foleo/#comment-392523 David Rothman Thu, 31 May 2007 13:07:43 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6626#comment-392523 But, via eReader, people will have a much wider selection of books than via the Sony Reader. Of course, there's the forthcoming Amazon device, which will work with Mobipocket, but still have the screen contrast problem,which the LCD-based Foleo avoids. - David But, via eReader, people will have a much wider selection of books than via the Sony Reader. Of course, there’s the forthcoming Amazon device, which will work with Mobipocket, but still have the screen contrast problem,which the LCD-based Foleo avoids. - David

]]> By: Branko Collin http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/05/31/businessweek-on-umpcs-and-the-foleo/#comment-392515 Branko Collin Thu, 31 May 2007 12:40:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6626#comment-392515 <blockquote>I wonder how long it will take for these journalists to see that a UMPC would make an ideal device for reading all those pages of reports that the average business person, lawyer or accountant has to wade through, along with two dozen law journals, newspapers and so on.</blockquote> Weren't the E Ink devices supposed to be the ideal vehicle for this?

I wonder how long it will take for these journalists to see that a UMPC would make an ideal device for reading all those pages of reports that the average business person, lawyer or accountant has to wade through, along with two dozen law journals, newspapers and so on.

Weren’t the E Ink devices supposed to be the ideal vehicle for this?

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