Dual Screens = Wave of the future.(waking-dream.com)
waking-dream.com
Dual Screens = Wave of the future.
http://www.waking-dream.com/2009/10/ereaders-dual-screens-and-sdks-oh-my/
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Apparently Nintendo has a time machine because my daughter and her friends have had dual screens for years now. There's a lesson here somewhere.
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I have a sony ebook reader, and I have to say, the main draw for me is being able to treat it as a book first. I suspect that a dual screen format will have some novel uses, but it will never be able to replace a dedicated book style ereader. The addition of the color lcd screens will probably be distracting to most users, as well as to have a profound impact on battery life.
Some of those look pretty nice. If they can succeed in the notable book-related places the Kindle falls down--research and reference--I might finally be buying my first ebook reader.
Two screens = Screen a for main content + Screen b to access data related the main content. For example accessing the wikipedia, a reference, a map or simple a word definition.
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"I'm taking this from here, and I'm putting it there."
Drag and drop can mean put this into exactly that there. Flicking can mean to put this in that collection with those things over there.
This is a user interaction language which is very minimal, yet very useful. It's enough to immediately cover 95% of what I imagine such a device doing, and yet has the potential for many other things I haven't thought of yet. In other words, it has emergent potential.
The minimal part is also especially good. It means that they can implement a lot of very slick stuff without exorbitant amounts of effort.
I think the folks behind Courier are onto something. If they can do it right, it will be a game changer. If they do it right, they could steal Apple's thunder.