Electronic Book Readers: E-Reader for Short

As information delivery becomes the crux of whether a company's research, marketing, and final product is effective and efficient the 'less is more' montage becomes the mark of success and the mantra of a new technology stream with undefined possibilities.

As with many new technologies the first to the race are the ones that end up struggling to keep a reasonable pace to stay in the mix while allowing time to catch its breath when new comers to the race jump in in the middle of the race, fresh and eager to blow by the original participants.

The E-reader, like Amazon's Kindle, is just one of these products. In a minimal and rudimentary sense the kindle will promote reading by making it more fun while reducing the wear and tear of the casual reader allowing one small device to carry all the necessary print media wanted or needed. In a larger more global future possibilities thought approach we see instant streaming which could lead to seamless viewing in a typical kindle owner's life. Resulting in a document began on the phone, continued on the kindle, and finished with audio on the I-pod. And with additional new technologies like 'bump' passing someone in the night could certainly lead to something more than a pass in the night.

Those providing the information have never been interested in delivery system methods. Their world involves information collection and preparation. So the entrepreneur that has found a niche in information delivery can provide the pass-through earning research and development funding by offering subscriptions for these media giants. As with most successful ventures all parties win.

The possibilities for application are endless as well as the number of genres that the applications can provide ongoing positive relationships. While skeptics spend hours contemplating the failure of the device or the future projections those that love technology in its purist form will embrace the product and have difficulty not spending sleepless nights contemplating the possibilities and where they might jump on the train to be part of history in the making.

The details only further support the necessity for individuals to consider the Kindle as their next technology purchase of any magnitude. The ability to accept pdf files, a live line that is provided for no additional charge, data storage that is provided off site like a library cloud holding items for your selection, are just a few compelling worthy notes you will add to the pro side of the list.

The Kindle touts many quality features:

• It is thin, about 1/3 of an inch

• Large Display, up to a 9.7inch screen on the DX

• No Computer is needed

• The Kindle is wireless and ready to go out of the box

• Rotate the device and your image toggles between portrait and landscape

• Amazon provides Whispernet service so any document can be sent to your Kindle no need for stacks of paperwork

• Long Battery Life- You can read for a week on a single charge

• Can charge via USB

• No monthly fees

• Holds up to 3,500 books

• Not like a computer screen, virtually disappears as you read

• Does not heat up or get warm

• High Resolution

• Zoom capability

• Ability to see in sunlight, no glare

• Adjustable Text Size, no reading glasses needed

• Read to Me feature so you can have documents read to you

• Add annotations just like writing in book margins

• Built in Dictionary

As the technology executives for the I-phone concluded, accepting outside source applications that provide an avenue for the small technology house to market in a global platform provided additional compelling marketing to the purchasing consumer so will be the applications and possible uses for the Kindle.

There was the generation that did not have indoor plumbing. And there was the generation that grew up with one phone and one car and one TV, color if you were lucky. More recently was the generation that carried a phone in the pocket and a camera in the purse. The next don't be without piece of technology will be the kindle.

If I can provide a moment that you will remember, a quote that you will repeat, it will be the instance when you exclaim, when speaking about the Kindle out-loud, "How did I every live without one?"