It's the future of tomorrow today!

The latest issue of the magazine Entertainment Weekly contains something very peculiar in it: a screen that displays ads and live updates from a Twitter feed. That's right, live Twitter feeds (thus internet access) from a magazine.

Mashable Tech did a tear-down of this device, and found it is actually a full-featured Chinese Android phone based off the Blackberry. It has full 3G support and even has a SIM card (they were even able to make a call with it).

So yes, a fully functional smart-phone (sans the housing) was included as part of a magazine. Only 1000 of these magazines were made and they were only distributed in New York and Los Angeles so good luck getting a hold of one.

I've been left speechless by this. I just don't know what to say...

Ladies and gentlemen - the future is here.

Wow. That's about all I can really say about this other than it is pretty dang awesome! To think, such a thin page could contain a screen full of tweets live. Puts a new perspective on interactive reading in magazines, I see plenty potential for this in the Social Network world of today. Sadly though, I can see this turning into yet another way for advertisement to take control as it's starting to get REALLY huge now. I kid you not, I saw an electronic sign on a sink faucet in a bathroom at a restaurant with ads. But this little Twitter feed could lead to plenty more interesting features a simple magazine could offer to us now. Though... what will the prices be now?

Wow, first digital paper (a sheet of plastic that can display moving images and can be used as a projector), now this. This really is the future.