I've read three of his other books: The Terminal Experiment, Flashfoward, and Calculating God -- Hoping that maybe they would get better. But sadly, they don't.

He takes far too many of his scene descriptions directly from public spaces. If you've ever lived in Toronto, you know the exact locations he's talking about, and you really wish he would shut up about it, and stop using the word Toronto. He goes into such inane detail that you know which subway stop to get off at, how many blocks over to walk, and which side of the street to be on to be standing right where his cardboard characters uttered something absolutely obvious, and then go over to Pizza^H^H^H^H^HFood Food for all their dietary needs.

I don't know if I'll be running out to buy a cellphone with a projector in it to show of my family photos -- but I could see this being much more useful in developing countries where the cost and power consumption of LCD/CRT/OLED will be a significant factor for a long time to come. It looks perfect for something like the projects Inveneo is doing in Uganda with their bycicle powered thin client and phone service.

I'd be curious to know what the build of materials is for something like this.