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TadW · 10-01-2006, 05:40 AM

I don't know whether E Ink displays can have a backlight theoratically.

But I know a backlight would defeat the purpose.

Think about it... E Ink was made to conserve battery lifetime as much as possible. And one of the biggest battery drainer in a mobile device is usually it's backlight.

10-01-2006, 05:40 AM	#5
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	I don't know whether E Ink displays can have a backlight theoratically. But I know a backlight would defeat the purpose. Think about it... E Ink was made to conserve battery lifetime as much as possible. And one of the biggest battery drainer in a mobile device is usually it's backlight.