Cell phone book readers

Think you could read a book if the words were flashed at you one at a time on your cell phone? New software from ICUE has introduced this to the market, and this is all the rage in Japan.

On Thursday, Ashley discussed the new Sony e-reader, with its improved readability for electronic books. I'm a long devoted fan of the printed book, and an avid reader, and yet haven't found an electronic substitute I've liked yet. I'm planning to look at the Sony reader.

But, to think I might be able to read any book one word at a time on a cell phone just seems beyond comprehension to me. The MIT report discusses research-based evidence that indicates the processing and comprehension of this text information might be plausible through a cell phone device using tachistoscope-like presentation.

And, yet again, the industry is saying that the cell phone is truly the device of the future, soon to replace our desktops for information delivery, entertainment, personal productivity. The reason according to MIT?:

"The difference is that there are a billion new cell phones made every year--nothing like that for any other such devices."