E-Reading Device Wars -- The Readius E-Scroll Step into the Ring

Polymer Vision of Netherlands literally rolled out its candidate for the hearts and minds of consumers who are not convinced that Amazon's Kindle or Sony's E-Reader are the end of the line for handheld reading devices. In an article by Anne Eisenberg in the July 6 2008 New York Times, Polymer previewed the Readius, a pocket-sized gadget that flips open to reveal a flexible screen that can be unfurled like a window shade -- or like the world's first portable reader, the papyrus -- to carry black and white text suitable not only for books but for e-texting as well.

The Readius is one of many devices in development aimed at breaking the glass ceiling: inflexible screens.
- Richard Curtis