Physical Print is Poised to Make a Comeback Thanks to this Little Printer and Your iPhone

I never thought that I could possibly get excited about using a printer, but the design team at BERG has made that a reality thanks to their newest invention. If you're like me, then one of the first things you do in the morning is check your feeds and messages to catch up on anything that might have happened while you were sleeping. Cellphones are great for accessing information, but the problem is you have to constantly check up on them to make sure you're up-to-date, and sloshing through all of the content you missed can take a while. Little Printer aims to make print more relevant by compiling information and printing it on to neat little sheets to be consumed at the time of your choosing.

Connected to the Web, Little Printer has a wide range of sources available to check on your behalf. They call them "publications". Subscribe to your favorites and choose when you'd like them delivered. Right on time Little Printer gathers everything it needs to prepare a neat little personalized package, printed as soon as you press the button.
Paper doesn't seem like the most obvious medium to consume information in an age where LCD's have quickly become our preferred mode of reading, but one of the benefits of paper is that it's always on. Messages can be posted on a fridge, bulletin board, or tucked away for later reading. You don't have to worry about spilling milk on your cellphone while catching up on the latest news thanks to the Little Printer. It seems pretty ironic that paper is being used to relay information from our digitally connected world, but it's hard to argue against the practicality that the Little Printer brings by merging the old world with the new. Plus, check out how awesome that Little Printer looks. It's design is simple and intuitive. The perfect companion for the iPhone.

Little Printer holds a compact, inkless, thermal printer so you don't have to deal with the hassle of changing ink cartridges every few weeks. Its zero-configuration wireless connection to the Web (via the Bridge unit, included) lets you place it wherever you have a power outlet. Little Printer is constructed in high-gloss injected moulded plastic and the brushed steel faceplate holds the paper, framing each delivery as it prints.

BERG's Little Printer is set for a 2012 release that will be supported on both iOS and Android platforms.

[via The Verge]