Will people really read books on cell phones? At first
you wouldn't think so, but in Japan people are happily
reading on their cell phones thanks to some new technology.
Quality displays and fast flipping software allow
readers to quickly move text forward in a
nonfiction book or novel. MSNBC.com explains:
Several mobile Web sites offer hundreds of novels — classics, best
sellers and some works written especially for the medium.
It takes some getting used to. Only a few lines pop up at a time
because the phone screen is about half the size of a business card.
But improvements in the quality of liquid-crystal displays and
features such as automatic page-flipping, or scrolling, make the
endeavor far more enjoyable than you'd imagine.
The cell phone book option may soon be available to U.S. readers
as well. Random House is already making agreements with a San Francisco company called VOCEL to provide cell-phone readers
with access to text from their language study aides and game strategy guides.
