The latest e-reading gadget

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By Derek Weiler
March 2, 2009
5:27 PM

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News broke today that Hearst Corporation in the U.S. is getting into the e-reader game: the firm is planning to launch its own device sometime this year, complete with wireless delivery. The main difference from, say, the Kindle seems to be that Hearst is pitching its machine as a venue for newspapers and magazines. For example, it will have a larger screen, roughly the size of a standard (i.e. 8.5 x 11) sheet of paper.

In early reaction, Gawker is unimpressed. We know, we know – stop the presses. But the post does raise some valid points.

Ric Day

I love my Sony Reader for reading books, and Stanza on my iPod works great for short articles, but magazines in monochrome? I cannot see this working for anyone. Try to imagine your glossy colour magazine reduced to greyscale, and you paying the subscription price on top of however much this huge device will cost.

Gawker’s reader comments are correct. This is a pretty dumb idea.
Paul

“Try to imagine your glossy colour magazine reduced to greyscale”

It’s a good test, actually, of whether there’s anything worth reading in it, or if you’re just paying for the gloss.

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