The master spoke, but is he still right?

Painting of Isaac Asimov by renowned science-fiction and fantasy illustrator Rowena http://www.rowenaart.com/, enthroned with symbols of his life's work. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

From the exceptional new site, Lit Hub:

Speaking to the American Booksellers Association in 1989, science fiction demi-god Isaac Asimov asked his audience to imagine a sci-fi information storage device that, “Can go anywhere, and is totally portable. Something that can be started and stopped at will along its data stream, allowing the user to access the information in an effective, easy manner.” After what I imagine was a dramatic pause, Asimov answered his own sci-fi riddle: “We have this device. It’s called a book.”

Twenty-five years later, given our actual onscreen-reading habits, the answer to Asimov’s riddle is less obvious...