| At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las | | | | to looking incredible. The next-generation flexible |
| Vegas, the Skiff Reader really stole the show with | | | | screen is intriguing and more than likely a feature that |
| it's very large 11.5 inch display screen and thin body. | | | | will be embraced by current e-book owners who |
| This big display on the Skiff is almost two inches | | | | worry about the fragile glass on their units. LG Display |
| larger than the Kindle DX and the entire device is only | | | | developed the screen in collaboration with Skiff and if |
| a quarter of an inch thick. Not only is the display big | | | | anyone knows high tech displays, it's LG Display! |
| but the resolution is 1200 x 1600, which is claimed to | | | | Skiff users will be able to wirelessly purchase, as well |
| be the best in the industry. It is a very impressive | | | | as have access to many newspapers, magazines, |
| flexible display that is made from a thin sheet of | | | | books. blogs and other content coming from |
| stainless steel foil. | | | | different publishers. The newspapers and magazines |
| The folks from Skiff did not mention the price of the | | | | read on Skiff will have very eye-pleasing layouts, |
| Skiff Reader at the CES nor would they commit to a | | | | dynamic updates as well as high-resolution graphics |
| release date-they simply stated that it will come out | | | | that will no doubt attract a good many subscribers as |
| sometime in 2010. The anticipation is thick! There also | | | | well as advertisers. |
| was no information given regarding what content will | | | | We all expected that the Consumer Electronic Show |
| be featured on the Skiff. It will be connected via | | | | in Las Vegas would showcase many digital readers |
| Sprint's 3G network which is a great thing and it is | | | | but the Skiff announcement seemed to have stolen |
| safe to assume that the team over at Skiff have | | | | the spotlight. This is one electronic reading device |
| some sort of a distribution deal in the final planning | | | | that made people sit up and pay attention and surely |
| stages, although no one outside the company walls | | | | it's unveiling has the other big players in the e-book |
| has a clue at this time. | | | | reader world scrambling back to the drawing boards! |
| The Skiff reader is designed to be durable in addition | | | | |