Over at Engadget, Ross
Rubin's "Switched On" article has an interesting analysis:
Adobe has a unique opportunity
to stomp Microsoft in the e-book sector. Ask anyone who's tried using ebooks of all flavors, be it a PDF crammed
onto a Palm device, or a dedicated piece of hardware using an even more proprietary format (Sony I'm looking in your
direction), and they'll likely tell you that the experience is either terrible or just bearable. However, as Rubin
suggests, electronic ink devices are beginning to make real market headway, so Adobe could target these devices,
implement their own tools into the workflow, and thus corner the e-book market. An interesting analysis, and I'm
inclined to agree. Besides, who doesn't love PDF's? Come on Adobe, learn from Microsoft and strongarm those
manufacturers into using only
your technology. You can brand approved devices with the "Reads fer
sure" logo!
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Subscribe to commentsMarc TeleshaApr 6th 2006 11:37PM
Adobe does not handle ink well therefore they have limited use in on my Tablet PC. Annotated Adobe is a good program but you can't search (whats the point if you can't search). Also to make any comments in Reader you have to have that feture turned on by a Acrobat version which cost $$$. I think Adobe's cornor of the PDF market will be minimal in the next few years unless they respond quickly to why spend $$$ on acrobat when I can print PDF for free or little money with PDF Primo or any other free PDF printer?