This portable digital hand-held book allows the reader to take digital reading to the next level while maintaining some key elements that one has with a “proper” printed book. After reviewing the research analysis we discovered multiple elements and concerns from numerous users that current digital reading has left out.
Currently the devices have limitations from the one screen design, this new double screen allows versatility and many more functions. Immediately the user feels as if they are holding a prober book. The “home” screen introduces a variety of new options, two being the public library access which allows 24 hour access to any public library as well as the “bump” application that introduces the sharing characteristic. The user must physically be with the person they would like to share there book with so that there digital book can bump and transfer information, requiring more human contact. With pirating in mind these shared books would only last for a certain amount of time. This new durable, hand held device would allow readers to view “proper” texts from books by virtue of designed pages and colored illustrations that would mirror image the current printed book. There would be a Stylus Pen that permits digital writing and digital highlighting directly on the book or on a digital notebook. Another issue is that the feel of the book is lost in current hand held devices. This new model allows for key visual prompts that remind the viewer of the printed page; “the-dog-ear” feature, the visual of the swooping page triggered by ones finger or the buttons on the side. The idea of a virtual library became important as it is a personal preference how one organizes their reading material. The library becomes a wall of spines that the user can scroll through almost as if browsing in a library. Hopefully through this design one can feel connected to the printed word but still have the accessibility and the possibilities that digital devices offer.
