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e-reads i-Wash 
04.01.2008, 2:33 AM
posted by chris meade
The announcement this morning of the launch in the UK of a new waterproof laptop looks like another nail in the coffin of the traditional paper book, as the new device at last makes it possible to read a downloaded electronic fiction while relaxing in a hot bath.
The manufacturers claim that the latest in e-ink technology makes concentrating on a complex text 21% easier on the electronic device than with a conventional paperback. Users can switch between reading on screen (with font -size increasing automatically to aid understanding of complex sentences), listening to an audio recording, and utilising a revolutionary new facility called ‘skimread mode’ which provides a spoken précis of the gist of more tedious passages from literary classics.
The device is the size of a large paperback, can be read in landscape or portrait format, with or without back-lighting, is fully recyclable and light as a sponge. The i-Wash is launched in the UK on April 1st and will be available in the USA as soon as the economy picks up.
Posted by chris meade on April 1, 2008 02:33 AM
tags: bathing, e-books, i-Wash
comments (4):
Virginie Clayssen on April 1, 2008 05:17 AM:Hmm. It seems that the i-Wash only works one day per year, thats a hard limitation...
