The Tale of the Kindle and the Future of the e-paper

I heard about Kindle from a professor at LSU when she brought it to class. When I came across this article I knew I should post it. The title of the article is "The future of e-paper: The Kindle is only the beginning."

June 6, 2008 (Computerworld) Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle has turned a long underperforming category of tech gadget -- e-book readers -- into an overnight hit, and in the process has boosted interest in electronic paper display (EPD) technology. The Kindle and its rival, the Sony Reader 505, both boast e-paper displays that look unnervingly like printed pages and consume next to no power. However, today's EPDs -- and today's e-book readers -- are only the beginning.

Computer World Article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9091118&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1