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IceHand · 10-08-2007, 01:57 PM

The idea is not new, I think there's a PC keyboard which uses small LCD's to display different symbols on the keys. Alas the keyboard is damn expensive and using that many LCD's in a cellphone would drain the battery way too fast. So obviously E-Ink is the way to go.

10-08-2007, 01:57 PM	#2
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	The idea is not new, I think there's a PC keyboard which uses small LCD's to display different symbols on the keys. Alas the keyboard is damn expensive and using that many LCD's in a cellphone would drain the battery way too fast. So obviously E-Ink is the way to go.