Wednesday, March 05, 2008

A Multi-Touch Kindle?



Sounds pretty cool:
It's likely that the Kindle's popularity is going to spawn a whole slew of e-books vying for the eyes of readers. A concept from a student named Nedzad Mujcinovic at Monash University could very well stoke the fires of competition if his Livre ever makes it to store shelves. The system uses an e-ink screen overlaid with a touch surface, thus forgoing the multitudinous buttons of the Kindle for an ultra-simple, gesture-based input scheme. Pages can be turned by sliding your finger from corner to corner, though double- and triple-finger gestures will advance the book by ten and 50 pages, respectively. Most notable for real book fans is the inclusion of a leather stitched cover, meant to evoke the look and feel of the device's analog counterpart.
Combine that with digital notebook features and you've got yourself a winner of a machine.

(HT TeleRead)

1 comment:

Ali Hasanain said...

Someone (else) is either up early or hasn't slept!