Mag+ Concept From Popular Science Publishers Shows Thinking Outside The (Tablet) Box [Tablets]

The digital magazine battle royale has gone up a notch today, with the publishers of Popular Science magazine creating this beautifully graceful concept. Game on, Wired and Sports Illustrated, game on.
Publisher Bonnier has worked with design agency BERG to come up with the Mag+ tablet, which has the magazine pages run vertically, rather than on the next screen like we've always seen so far. It actually replicates the experience of reading a magazine really well, as pages can be flipped like you would with a normal magazine, and when you encounter an article you'd like to read, you scroll down to view it.
If this is the future for the magazine industry, suddenly I feel a lot more hopeful.
Take a gander at the video of BERG talking through the concept here:


Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.
And video footage of the prototype here:

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.
Mag+ (video prototype footage only) from Bonnier on Vimeo.
[Gizmodo via BERG via SlashGear]

eBook Craze Goes Outside [Ebooks]

eBook Craze Goes Outside [Ebooks]: "

With the introduction of a solar-powered eBook from LG Display, owners will soon be able to read for hours on end, so long as they're outside and the sun is up.
This is because the new offering boasts both an eBook and a thin-film, 10cm solar cell. Surprise!
Four to five hours of sun exposure yields an additional day's worth of reading time. You can read inside too, of course, thanks to the battery, but if you do that how will you show off the fact that you're on the cutting edge and hip with your eBook?
[Gimodo via OLED Display]