Thread: Death of E-Ink display?
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Old 01-06-2010, 11:14 AM   #164
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Such as what for example? What can a simple eInk reader not do that other reading devices - let's take a paper book as an example - can do? Many can actually do more than a book - eg search for a word or phrase, or change the text size, or the font.
It cannot pretend to be wholly ignorant about the myriad limitations of eInk hardware and prevalent eBook formats that have been discussed around it and with it ad nauseum. It takes a person who owns an eBook reading device to do that.

Being able to use a dictionary on a device with poor contrast, poor refresh rate, and degenerate formatting capabilities ... well ... it doesn't render the poor contrast, poo refresh rate, and degenerate formatting capabilities non-existent.

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