<s>
Digital	B-General_Concept
newspaper	I-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
technology	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
distribute	O
a	O
digital	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
newspaper	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
on	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
laptop	B-Device
,	O
netbook	B-Device
or	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
an	O
offline	O
version	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
or	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
edition	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
PCs	B-Device
are	O
suitable	O
to	O
read	O
longer	O
texts	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
disadvantage	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
is	O
not	O
portable	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
netbook	B-Device
is	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
of	O
limited	O
size	O
with	O
limited	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
netbooks	B-Device
exploded	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Asus	B-Device
EEE	I-Device
with	O
a	O
7inch	O
screen	O
and	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netbook	B-Device
specifications	O
are	O
varied	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
have	O
either	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
as	O
their	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
seems	O
only	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
time	O
before	O
the	O
netbooks	B-Device
also	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
netbooks	B-Device
which	O
use	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
are	O
not	O
optimized	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
touchscreens	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successor	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
will	O
have	O
touchscreen	B-Device
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
will	O
provide	O
a	O
special	O
edition	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
for	O
netbooks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
is	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
without	O
a	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
reading	O
purposes	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
a	O
vertical	O
position	O
is	O
preferable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
CES	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
Asus	O
presented	O
two	O
netbooks	B-Device
with	O
turnable	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
products	O
combine	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
a	O
compact	O
size	O
with	O
the	O
advantage	O
of	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
would	O
be	O
very	O
suitable	O
as	O
mobile	O
reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
modern	O
computer	O
screens	O
are	O
LCDs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
provide	O
an	O
image	O
on	O
a	O
screen	O
,	O
LCD	B-Device
technology	O
emits	O
light	O
from	O
the	O
screen	O
towards	O
the	O
reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newspapers	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
on	O
mobile	O
phones	O
either	O
as	O
a	O
webpage	O
,	O
made	O
suitable	O
for	O
the	O
limited	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
or	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
specially	O
designed	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
possibilities	O
to	O
run	O
an	O
applications	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
depend	O
on	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
phones	O
run	O
on	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
are	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
RIM	O
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
PressDisplay.com	O
created	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
read	O
newspapers	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
has	O
also	O
a	O
special	O
application	O
fit	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
beamers	B-Application
,	O
specially	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
could	O
provide	O
a	O
solution	O
for	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
e-reader	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
device	O
with	O
a	O
screen	O
that	O
is	O
optimised	O
for	O
reading	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
has	O
succeeded	O
to	O
be	O
successfully	O
market	O
a	O
product	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
function	O
–	O
the	B-Device
iPod	I-Device
for	O
playing	O
music	O
–	O
the	O
question	O
is	O
whether	O
consumers	O
will	O
be	O
prepared	O
to	O
buy	O
a	O
device	O
with	O
which	O
only	O
text	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iLiad	B-Application
is	O
an	O
electronic	O
handheld	O
device	O
,	O
or	O
e-book	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
document	O
reading	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iLiad	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
document	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Mobipocket	O
,	O
XHTML	B-Language
and	O
plain	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
display	O
JPEG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
and	O
PNG	O
images	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
in	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distributor	O
of	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
is	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
a	O
Philips	O
spin-off	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
advanced	O
e-reader	B-General_Concept
range	O
of	O
iRex	B-Application
is	O
the	O
1000	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
series	O
has	O
a	O
display	O
of	O
10.2inches	O
(	O
almost	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
an	O
A4	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
1024	O
x	O
1280	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
has	O
a	O
mini	O
USB	O
port	O
for	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
SD	O
cards	O
in	O
the	O
stabbing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1000	O
series	O
supports	O
PDG	O
,	O
TXT	B-Protocol
and	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
graphics	O
formats	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
POISON	O
,	O
TIFF	O
and	O
BMP	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
advanced	O
version	O
supports	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
WiFi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
e-book	O
reader	O
,	O
an	O
embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
for	O
reading	O
electronic	O
books	O
(	O
e-books	O
)	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
online	O
bookseller	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
downloads	O
content	O
over	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Whispernet	I-General_Concept
using	O
the	O
Sprint	O
EVDO	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
and	O
Whispernet	O
is	O
accessible	O
without	O
any	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
2	O
will	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
is	O
an	O
e-book	O
reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
can	O
display	O
Adobe	B-Application
PDFs	I-Application
,	O
ePub	O
format	O
,	O
personal	O
documents	O
,	O
blogs	O
,	O
RSS	O
newsfeeds	O
,	O
JPEGs	O
,	O
and	O
Sony	O
's	O
proprietary	O
BBeB	O
(	O
"	O
BroadBand	O
eBook	O
"	O
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hanlin	B-Application
eReader	I-Application
v3	I-Application
is	O
an	O
e-book	O
reader	O
,	O
an	O
electronic	O
book	O
(	O
e-book	O
)	O
reading	O
device	O
by	O
Tianjin	O
Jinke	B-Application
Electronics	O
Co	O
.	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
others	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
6	O
"	O
(	O
15cm	O
)	O
,	O
4-level	O
grayscale	O
electrophoretic	O
display	O
(	O
E	O
Ink	O
material	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
600×800	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
(	O
167	O
ppi	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hanlin	B-Application
eReader	I-Application
V3	I-Application
is	O
sold	O
under	O
various	O
names	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
lBook	O
V3	O
(	O
Ukraine	O
)	O
,	O
Walkbook	O
(	O
Turkey	O
)	O
,	O
BEBOOK	B-Application
(	O
Netherlands	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Papyre	B-Application
6.1	O
(	O
Spain	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybook	B-General_Concept
Gen3	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
6inch	O
e-Reader	B-General_Concept
,	O
specially	O
designed	O
for	O
reading	O
e-Books	O
and	O
e-News	O
,	O
or	O
listening	O
to	O
MP3	B-Application
music	I-Application
or	O
audio-books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Readius	O
is	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
e-reader	B-General_Concept
that	O
can	O
be	O
rolled	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
is	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
e-reader	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
be	O
larger	O
,	O
thinner	O
and	O
more	O
flexible	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
products	O
of	O
Amazon	B-Application
and	O
iRex	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
e-reader	B-General_Concept
is	O
"	O
QUE	O
proReader	O
"	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Organic	B-Device
Light	I-Device
Emitting	I-Device
Diode	I-Device
(	O
OLED	B-Device
)	O
,	O
also	O
Light	O
Emitting	O
Polymer	B-Language
(	O
LEP	O
)	O
and	O
Organic	O
Electro	O
Luminescence	O
(	O
OEL	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
any	O
Light	O
Emitting	O
Diode	O
(	O
LED	O
)	O
whose	O
emissive	O
electroluminescent	O
layer	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
film	O
of	O
organic	O
compounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
layer	O
usually	O
contains	O
a	O
polymer	B-Language
substance	O
that	O
allows	O
suitable	O
organic	O
compounds	O
to	O
be	O
deposited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
matrix	O
of	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
can	O
emit	O
light	O
of	O
different	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
benefit	O
of	O
OLED	B-Device
displays	I-Device
over	O
traditional	O
liquid	B-Device
crystal	I-Device
displays	I-Device
(	O
LCDs	B-Device
)	O
is	O
that	O
OLEDs	B-Device
do	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
backlight	O
to	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
backlight	O
,	O
an	O
OLED	B-Device
display	I-Device
can	O
be	O
much	O
thinner	O
than	O
an	O
LCD	B-Device
panel	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLED	B-Device
is	O
not	O
yet	O
widely	O
used	O
to	O
display	O
digital	O
newspapers	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
high	O
cost	O
of	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
liquid	B-Device
crystal	I-Device
display	I-Device
(	O
LCD	B-Device
)	O
is	O
an	O
electronically-modulated	O
optical	O
device	O
shaped	O
into	O
a	O
thin	O
,	O
flat	B-General_Concept
panel	I-General_Concept
made	O
up	O
of	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
color	O
or	O
monochrome	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
filled	O
with	O
liquid	B-Device
crystals	I-Device
and	O
arrayed	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
a	O
light	O
source	O
(	O
backlight	O
)	O
or	O
reflector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
computer	O
screens	O
use	O
LCD	B-Device
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plasma	O
display	O
panel	O
(	O
PDP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
flat	B-General_Concept
panel	I-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
common	O
to	O
large	O
TV	O
displays	O
(	O
37in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electrowetting	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
wetting	O
properties	O
of	O
a	O
hydrophobic	O
surface	O
with	O
an	O
applied	O
electric	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electrowetting	B-General_Concept
is	O
now	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
applications	O
from	O
modulab	O
to	O
adjustable	O
lenses	O
,	O
electronic	B-Device
displays	I-Device
and	O
switches	O
for	O
optical	O
fibers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
material	O
that	O
is	O
processed	O
into	O
a	O
film	O
for	O
integration	O
into	O
electronic	B-Device
displays	I-Device
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
E-book	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
,	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Cybook	B-General_Concept
Gen3	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	B-General_Concept
Amazon	I-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
Readius	O
device	O
from	O
Polymer	B-Language
Vision	O
and	O
Plastic	B-Device
Logic	I-Device
's	O
Reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
newspapers	O
published	O
their	O
content	O
online	O
using	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
that	O
many	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
know	O
how	O
to	O
handle	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
articles	O
can	O
be	O
copied	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
commonly	O
used	O
format	O
is	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
on	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
read	O
all	O
the	O
international	O
newspapers	O
of	O
Metro	O
International	O
online	O
in	O
a	O
viewer	O
and	O
download	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
