POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : E-Ink madness : Re: E-Ink madness Server Time
29 Jul 2024 18:16:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: E-Ink madness  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 21 Jun 2011 17:08:19
Message: <4e010843$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/20/2011 7:01 AM, nemesis wrote:
> http://www.eink.com/rugged.html
>
> they truly put the eInk display included in a special Esquire magazine under
> some heavy stress...
>
> BTW, nextgen eInk is in color, got some nice refresh rates and is expect to
> powerup nextgen Kindle, Nook and other eReaders so as they can counter iPad,
> iTards and LCDs alike... of course, I expect displaying movies and animations is
> not expected to be its main use, otherwise one of the main features of eInk --
> low power consumption (it only uses power when it needs to refresh a page -- is
> lost.  But reference short clips in an Encyclopedia ebook, schoolbooks,
> magazines and newspapers would be welcome additions, I guess.
>
>
Uh.. Old news. Nook is already using it. Kindle.. is sitting on their 
asses, so far, trying to work out what to put into the new one... 
Bastards! (Think you can guess which I got a few months back.)


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