On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:08:18 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> 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.)

Well, yeah, but the destruction and durability is pretty impressive.

Jim

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