eBooks: The Reality Of Plastic Logic

BBC News gave some PR love to Plastic Logic with an article and embedded video: The revolution of paperless paper

I reveal the secret FAIL of Plastic Logic in these pictures.


Ah, the rev-o-lu-tion-ar-y Plastic Logic Reader!


Why, notice how thin it is!


The plastic screen heart of it.


B-e-n-d!!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Try that with an LCD!


Notice he does not likewise bend the framed screen!

Because that frame contains things that would break when bent: non-flexible circuit boards and a LiOn battery that will cause you grief if it rips open.

So yeah. A flexi-screen is a neat parlor trick.

But that's all it is.

Be prepared to stuff that ginormous thing in a similarly-ginormous carrying case that won't flex.