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Plastic Logic: The Full D7 Demo

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Reading books and newspapers on a handheld device has gotten to be a hot arena in the consumer electronics business, especially after the introduction of the Kindle from Amazon (AMZN).

Plastic Logic will come on the market next year with its e-reader offering. So, the Silicon Valley-based company gave a sneak preview of the device, including a first look at the gadget’s innovative touchscreen user interface at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference.

Look ma, no keyboard!

In all seriousness, the controversies around how content is going to be paid for and delivered have been growing over the last year, as media companies struggle to reinvent troubled business models.

Here’s the full D7 demo to Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher:

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