Mercury News | 05/08/2003 | SideKick, other devices benefit the deaf

I have a family member that is involved with the deaf, so I found this very interestiong. I still remember seeing a phone call using one of those horrid phone text things (can't remember for the life of me what they were called). I can see how having e-mail at your hip would be useful.

Electronic paper is on a roll

Folks, this is a tech to keep an eye on... e-paper. In the next few years, we will see cheap, flexible and low power screens come out and they will change things for PDAs, cell phones and just about every protable electronic device. Even home applinances... currently it's too expensive to put a full display on a VCR, Microwave or stero. Just think about a VCR that has a full TV schedule up for you to select what you record, or a microwave that can show you suggested heating times on a range of things, instead of finding that darn book that came with it.