Coolest Product at "On Demand Show" 2009 Brother Doc Viewer

I almost walked right by this device at the On Demand Show in Phili. If you're a Star Trek buff like me, did you ever see anyone on Star Trek holding a sheet of paper???
Naw, paper was out in the 25th Century.

Behold,.......... the Brother Document Viewer, weighing in a mere 600 grams and no larger than a sheet of letter size paper, and you've got yourself a portable document viewer than can store up to 10,000 pages. Let's put that into perspective, according to industry experts, that's about 1 four drawer file cabinet!

The screen is monochrome only and the page turn speed is rated at one second per page. I was also told that the Brother Document Viewer will retail in the US for about $1,000. Well, my first thoughts were that this is a little pricey for something to just view your documents, however I believe devices like this will be improved and in as little as five years, we could have a touch color screen, editing capabilities for documents, massive storage and the ability to rout the documents through a wireless network These devices will be the "on ramp" to a true paperless office! True tree huggers will love this device!

Applications right now for this device??? Your guess is as good as mine. Applications in the future are unlimited, no needs for sales orders, leases, service tickets, anything that has to be read and signed could be executed on a document viewer and stored.

Here's some info on tech stuff I got off the web:

SV-100B which was unveiled by Brother Industries on 12th of this month is an information terminal with an Electronic Paper component based on EPD (Electronic Paper Display) Technology by E.INK Corporation of U.S where the EPD is enabled by electronic ink that carries a charge enabling it to be updated through electronics. Electronic ink is ideally suited for EPDs as it is a reflective technology which does not requires any front or backlight and it is viewable under various lighting conditions including direct sunlight and further it does not requires any power to maintain an image. The product highlights is its ability to store information equivalent to 10,000 sheets of A4 size documents. Well this is done with the help of SV-100B 2-Gbyte microSD card. Want more go here Brother Document Viewer Star Trek here we come!