The day when you'll be reading the newspaper on electronic device, that is.
Amazon.com has dropped the price of the Kindle reader to $249. A similar Sony product is selling for $199. The prices are coming down fast. And some day, the experts say, these devices will replace paper.
I don't know if I'm ready for that. I like reading the paper. And I like books. I like how they feel and paging through them and skipping ahead. My wife has a test for new books that she tries out at the bookstore. She opens a book to a random page and reads and if it's interesting, she knows the book will be good. Hasn't failed her yet. (Except once and we've agreed not to talk about that.)
But that's the way it's going.
Read the New York Times story about the Kindle here.
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