2018: Newspapers for mobile devices? E-book, -E-ink and convergence of online and printed press

Abstract

The way to the complete digitisation and substitution of printed press is now really happening. The next publication of new mobile devices using e-ink, licensed by Philips, and especially the last model of Sony´s Portable Reader System in Spain (announced for Spring of 2009), a decided commercial strategy, and the incipient research carried on by some Spanish newspapers make us wonder whether we are in front of the end of the printed press. At the moment, those new devices are much better than the precedent ones, but still remain some problems, anyway, we would be at the beginning of the final stage of paper. The strength of some other devices different from e-book, but eventually able to present books or newspaper in their screens, like iPhone-like cell phones of Amazon´s Kindle (not already available in Spain) opens an interesting time of competition and convergence.