Thursday, January 7, 2010

Ray Kurzweil to Launch eBook Reader

Free download of the software that runs on Mac, PC, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and others. The Blio reader comes with access to 1 million free books and the opportunity to buy others from a variety of formats.

Some e-reader efforts are trying to bypass electronic-ink readers altogether. Ray Kurzweil's Blio focuses on using the power of tablets and smartphones to allow for digital books that combine text with video, audio and Web content. The Blio store, set to go live in the coming weeks, will initially work on both the PC and the iPhone.

Kurzweil, a pioneer in the digital reading arena in addition to being a computer industry luminary, says he just doesn't see that big a market for single purpose readers.

"People want to do everything--they want to watch their movies, they want to do all their computing, their e-mail on one platform," he said in an interview. "They don't want to take another device."

The fat lady has began to sing on the traditional textbook industry...



cnet story link.

Blio Reader site link.

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