Comments on: Esquire’s E Ink cover stirs eco controversy http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/esquires-e-ink-cover-stirs-eco-controversy/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: EricW http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/esquires-e-ink-cover-stirs-eco-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-864909 EricW Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:42:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/22/esquires-e-ink-cover-stirs-eco-controversy/#comment-864909 Esquire's deputy editor Peter Griffin told <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/07/30/esquire-to-geeks-hac.html" rel="nofollow">Boing Boing Gadgets</a> that he'll be interested in seeing what hackers can do with it, although figuring out how to change the display won't be a trivial matter, since the cover data will be baked into the circuit board. Of course, he promises that replacing the battery won't be as hard as all that ("The batteries are pretty standard, small batteries," even though they're soldered-in). I definitely agree with Buzz...it'll be fascinating to see what kind of homebrew devices will be cooked up from this. And if they can look any weirder than the Kindle. :) Esquire’s deputy editor Peter Griffin told Boing Boing Gadgets that he’ll be interested in seeing what hackers can do with it, although figuring out how to change the display won’t be a trivial matter, since the cover data will be baked into the circuit board. Of course, he promises that replacing the battery won’t be as hard as all that (“The batteries are pretty standard, small batteries,” even though they’re soldered-in).
I definitely agree with Buzz…it’ll be fascinating to see what kind of homebrew devices will be cooked up from this. And if they can look any weirder than the Kindle. :)

]]> By: Buzz http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/esquires-e-ink-cover-stirs-eco-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-856991 Buzz Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/22/esquires-e-ink-cover-stirs-eco-controversy/#comment-856991 The Esquire device is begging to be hacked. And as soon as possible, Esquire should dispense with the print version and the dinosaur distribution and sales system it requires, and publish the whole magazine through portable and open-standard, E-ink based periodical and book reader devices. When will newspaper and magazine publishers, advertisers and retailers put their considerable resources toward developing the hardware and software platforms they will need to survive? The Esquire device is begging to be hacked. And as soon as possible, Esquire should dispense with the print version and the dinosaur distribution and sales system it requires, and publish the whole magazine through portable and open-standard, E-ink based periodical and book reader devices.

When will newspaper and magazine publishers, advertisers and retailers put their considerable resources toward developing the hardware and software platforms they will need to survive?

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