The future of reading

So when I saw that the Kindle 2 was coming out, I thought to myself “Awesome, now I can give my eyes a rest and stop burning the back of my retina’s out. It looks like paper, but so much lighter than a stack of books”. Then I looked at it closer and read a few reviews… no touch screen – navigate by buttons, you can’t read on a plane during takeoff/landing… it still looks good, but it’s missing something else! The ability to read some of the 1000’s of books (896 actually) I’ve got sitting on my computer in Libronix format (Logos Bible Software).

Then I saw the iRex 1000SW Digital Reader and had a bit more technology lust! It was one step closer – finally I could print articles to it easily and there was a semi-touch screen…it also has wireless/bluetooth support! Then I thought to myself “Libronix doesn’t allow printing of whole books – I’m not going to print every time I want to read something!”

That’s when I thought – the first step is for someone to invent a external monitor that is a touch screen using the same technology (or just add support for using the iRex as an external monitor with usb DisplayLink technology or DisplayPort once it becomes popular or a combination of DisplayPort onboard and usb DisplayLink for backwards compatibility)! I’d snap one up in a second! I’d snap one up in half a second if it supported a wireless display technology as well (although this is cutting edge and high power consumption).

An easier first step would be for someone to implement a remote control software program that runs on the iRex/Kindle device which could be used over wireless-N or G to control a Windows PC! My HTC Touch Diamond does this easily through Windows Mobile!

Logos/Libronix – listen up and get on the back of companies to take the first steps then start developing your own software so I can use all my books without my computer turned on!

iRex developers – get to developing the Windows remote control software and then hurry up with the hardware updates!