At some point in immediate all classical newspapers will go extinct , either because electronic media's dominance and prevalence one or due to the depleting newsprint resources . And it seems that the Plastic Logic company is quite ready for that moment, since it has just unveiled its Electronic-Reading Device.
Plastic Logic’s black-and-white bendable plastic substrate e-newspaper is about to be launched. Larger than the Kindle and eReader, it has a full 8.5 x 11-inch display and works by gesturing. The device can be continuously updated wirelessly and can both store and display hundreds of books, documents, and newspaper pages. It is compatible with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as PDFs. Available during the first half of 2009, the price and name should be announced at the next CES.
The device, which is unnamed, uses the same technology as the Sony eReader and Amazon.com’s Kindle, a highly legible black-and-white display developed by the E Ink Corporation. While both of those devices are intended primarily as book readers, Plastic Logic’s device has a screen more than twice as large. The size of a piece of copier paper, it can be continually updated via a wireless link, and can store and display hundreds of pages of newspapers, books and documents.
Richard Archuleta, the chief executive of Plastic Logic, said the display was big enough to provide a newspaper-like layout. “Even though we have positioned this for business documents, newspapers is what everyone asks for,” Mr. Archuleta said.
The black and white, E-Ink device features a wireless link to download content, room enough to store "hundreds of pages of newspapers, books, and documents". Better yet, the device is said to use "flexible, lightweight plastic" rather than glass resulting in a reader about one-third the thickness of the Kindle at about the same weight.
For a complete walk through of the prototype device, check out this video
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