05-11-2006, 10:04 AM | #1 |
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Hitachi surprises with Albirey e-paper display
Oh goodie, what a big day. While most of us are still contemplating whether to get the Sony Reader or iRex iLiad, Hitachi silently emerges from their dugout and announces the Albirey eBook reader display (remains to be seen if this device can be used as a dedicated e-book reader). Details are still scarce, but Engadget was able to decipher a Japanese report and discovered that the reader is not based on E Ink technology but on technology from Bridgestone. Like the iLiad, it also features WiFi 802.11b connectivity. No further info available, at least nothing that could be described as meaningful.
Edit: I believe the screen is only two-scale, black and white, with a color version expected to arrive in 2007. Edit 2: Discoverd this PDF (in Japanese) describing the reader and also the distribution system. Anyone familiar with the language care to translate for us? Edit 3: Daniel sent in more details (thanks!):
Related: Hitachi joins the league of e-paper manufacturers [via Engadget] |
05-11-2006, 10:16 AM | #2 |
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interesting that it's supposed to go on sale tomorrow...
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05-11-2006, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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I expect this reader to be meant for the enterprise market. According to the PDF, they will sell this device in four different line-ups.
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05-11-2006, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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so it's an electronic sign and no electronic book?
No controls on the device itself as far as i can see... |
05-11-2006, 10:38 AM | #5 |
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Looking at the stats and the missing controls (nice find, CommanderROR!), I believe this device is not meant to be an e-book reader. Even though, the screen size is amazing (13.1"!!!!!).
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Bridgestone says that their technology isn't reserved only for Hitachi, but is open to other companies as well. I'm just waiting for some other company to use this panel, and make a product for the consumer market. Last edited by bicradash; 05-12-2006 at 04:02 AM. |
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05-12-2006, 02:23 AM | #7 |
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I would think that the iLiad stays ahead of any product developed from this display.
1. Screen resolution of the iLiad is the same so it probably does not look as well on closeup because the individual pixels have to be bigger. 2. iLiad is already graysscale which means it can implement antialiasing for fonts. 3. Adding controls to it would make it even bigger. Too big for easy carrying. |
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It's probably a type of a message board, it even has no card slot... Which costs almost nothing nowdays... Only 8mb for current messages...
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Based on what I can gather from the PDF
this is a display system - hence the wifi. Not an ebook reader... but a possible market should Sony or Iliad decide to get its SW right. |
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