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Old 09-07-2009, 08:27 PM   #1
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Thumbs up Polymer Vision back from the grave, bought by Wistron
According to this Dutch (English Google translation) article Polymer Vision renewed the contracts with about 80% of its employees last week, and is being sold to an Asian company.

It also says Polymer Vision will now focus on ebook readers instead of cellphones.

Update: Polymer Vision was bought by Taiwanese OEM manufacturer Wistron.

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Old 09-07-2009, 08:31 PM   #2
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yay !!! that's great news !!! thanks so much for the link, who are you. i'm really glad to hear that polymer vision is not dead yet. i really liked the idea of the readius and i was so disappointed when it looked like they were going down. i wonder what they will be bringing us next ? and when ???
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Woohoo!

To be honest I was hoping that they would ditch the cell phone aspect anyways. Chances are Verizon would have never carried it.
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never knew it was a Dutch company...

But it's awesome news they'll be focusing on ereaders for now!
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just cool if they really are back and can deliver a reading device in the same size and all but no cell phone. The cell phone was the reason I would never consider buying a Readius. Make it a 5"-8" display it gives everyone a run for their money.

BTW, their design makes even a 10" or larger reader much more portable...hmmmmm?
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just cool if they really are back and can deliver a reading device in the same size and all but no cell phone. The cell phone was the reason I would never consider buying a Readius. Make it a 5"-8" display it gives everyone a run for their money.

BTW, their design makes even a 10" or larger reader much more portable...hmmmmm?
hmmmm !!!!

wow, seriously, can't wait to see what they come back with.
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Their flexible screen is promising but the Readius was a bad shot.

I've had the thing in my hands over a year ago but its QVGA (320x200) resolution display made it just good enough to browse the address book. This way, the eink display didn't add any value at all.
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