This article is wrong and never contacted Bookeen, as I was told by Bookeen.
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Although we will not see this technology in an e-reader anytime soon, Bookeen informed us that this video destroys the battery life and will only give you 3 or 4 hours of video playing.
Update Feb 15 2011
Bookeen was kind enough to get in touch with us regarding this video and shed a ton of light on what is going on during this tech demenstration. Claire Jennesson has this to say about the video;
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3)In this mode Power consumption is comparable to a standard LCD but WITHOUT backlight. So not that much in fact.
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Contradictory isn't it?
The first part, they never contact Bookeen despite what they say, the second part, they just copy past what Bookeen told us, without modifying the first part.