Computers and the Internet are changing the way people read. Thus far, search engines and hyperlinks, those underlined words or phrases that when clicked take you to a new Web page, have turned the online literary voyage into a kind of U-pick island-hop. Far more is in store.There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Take "Hamlet." -Gregory M. Lamb --How the Web changes your reading habits (CS Monitor)
Much of this article discusses reading text over cell phones. Since I've been carrying a PDA around for over seven years, I think it would be extremely difficult for me to adjust to the tiny size of phone screens.
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