Digital Paper Coming Soon again?

platypus matt — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:18:54 -0400

Wired is running a story claiming that, once again, digital paper is right around the corner. Sony, the kingpin of DRM, apparently has some new tech out now that's really making some of the big boys see some glimmer of profit potential in the sleeker, far more expensive newsprint. Right now, though, things are looking pretty bleak: Sony's reader will cost between $300 and $400. "If you can get one of these products to cost less than the cost of a year's subscription it could probably work," said Kenneth Bronfin, president of Hearst Interactive Media. No, Ken, it won't.