E-newspapers just around the corner.

Really

[engine]

The newspapers of the future - cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed into a back pocket - have been just around the corner for the last three decades.

But as early as this year, the future may finally arrive. Some of the world's top newspapers publishers are planning to introduce a form of electronic newspaper that will allow users to download entire editions from the Web on to reflective digital screens said to be easier on the eyes than light-emitting laptop or cellphone displays.

Flexible versions of these readers may be available as early as 2007.

E-newspapers [today.reuters.co.uk]

[Hester]

See the movie Minority Report for people reading these on a train. When Tom Cruise goes AWOL, his image appears on top of one paper, as it has been downloaded in real time, like a Wanted poster of the future. I remember animated images used as well (especially good on a magazine cover!).