It is hard not to compare this unit to a handheld computer because essentially that is what it is. However we kept telling ourselves this is not a computer but an appliance. Never the less in creating a new electronic publishing system certain aspects of technology should be taken into consideration. The biggest problem with the e-book is that it is a closed system. In the age of information, content has to flow.
Information can t be static or move only in one direction.
That is the basic difference between a newspaper and the Internet. The e-book is a closed system, which uses closed technology. The closed system model does not work in the information age. The architecture must be open in order to become a standard. Imagine if every email client could only talk to its own kind or if your CD ROM drive only worked with one brand of CDs.