Tuesday, December 21, 2010

TTel's Top Ten Technologies- Part 7

It may be that 2010 comes to be seen as the turning point for e-readers. After several years of predictions that these devices would take off, Amazon finally seems to have the makings of a mass market product with its new Kindle. The new Kindle is light, quick and, most importantly, cheap. An awful lot of people will be unwrapping one this Christmas. Meanwhile, Sony has updated its range of readers and several other manufacturers have jumped into the market. While bibliophiles might be reluctant to give up their printed tomes, casual readers look ready to switch to ebooks.

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