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Mobile Reading: Next Big Area of Innovation

Mobile reading has been quite a reality, in a different way, in Asia. in Japan, there are several very interesting mobile applications, i-Channel of DoCoMo, SMIL from KDDI, ... in China, mobile books, not as feature rich as those Japanese applications, are a big deal, even on small mobile phones with relatively tiny (168*120, 192*160) screens. Most people with personal experiences do find mobile reading easier to get used to. This trend will assert itself with much better devices, faster connections and also more innovative ways for mobile reading, such as ticker news, book readers, blog readers, etc.