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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
even if it's not going to be here tomorrow it's great to see people working on the technology to improve it and bring the cost down. it's really exciting to think of the possibilities here. the article says marvell's technology will start to appear on the market in Q1 of 2010 ; that's really soon. what do you think ? sub 100$ in 2011 ?  |
Kinda old news (though still interesting
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Aug. 13, 2009:
"...Marvell, says the company will soon release a chip set he calls "a complete solution for e-books."
The chips will include wireless circuitry, along with power management chips and a controller chip for the e-paper display.
Manghnani says Marvell is shipping to customers, but wouldn't yet name them.
E-book reader sales are being helped by improved power usage. Today's e-books typically hold a battery charge for two to four weeks, compared with just days for earlier versions.
While Kindle and Sony dominate the market, they have competition. One pending e-reader generating a lot of buzz, in part because users can roll up its flexible screen, is from startup Plastic Logic. Due out early next year, bookstore chain Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS - News) will be the exclusive seller. The companies haven't disclosed the chip suppliers for the device.
But already on the market are e-book readers from Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG - News) spinoff IRex Technologies and from China's STAReTek, called the STAReBook. There's also the FLEPia from Fujitsu, the Cybook Opus from France's Bookeen and a reader from Polymer Vision, which like IRex is based in the Netherlands.
Manghnani says more than 20 companies are designing e-book readers. At least half of them plan to launch between now and the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, he says.
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