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The real issue is what will these screens look like. If you think today's clunky laptops will be around forever, wake up. Forward-thinking inventors like Daniel Munyan are redesigning the portable computer.

Munyan's company, Everybook, is about to debut a reading device that looks like a book from the outside, but when it's opened reveals a pair of vertical screens. Gone is the keyboard. Touch-screen commands allow readers to select the publication they want to read and then page through it. Publications will be downloaded to the device via an online book store.