Many thanks to Jorgen for a link this story at the TimesOnline about the future of digital publishing as it relates to the next generation of eReaders revealed by tech companies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Even though the first generation of early adopters are patiently waiting for their grayscale Kindles, Nooks, COOL-ERs and Sony Readers to arrive in the mail, the CES suggested that the future of digital publishing will be a large-display, colorful affair.
This evolution seems unavoidable when looking at machines like the twin-screened Entourage Edge that offers facing color LCD and grayscale E Ink displays. The future of Que and the Skiff will be a horse of a different color too as magazines make the transition to digital and demand the depth and detail of full color display. Apple’s ‘Tablet’ will have something to say about this too.
Hard to predict outcomes when you’re launching a new technology that will affect culture and behavior, especially when it impacts something as intimate and personal as the act of reading. I still believe the consumers will have the final say, and there’ll be room for both color and grayscale devices, yah?
