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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not sure I see the advantage of eInk for this over a touch-sensitive LCD screen. As you say, this is a common approach used by "universal remotes" which can be configured to control multiple devices - you choose the device, and the layout of the rest of the screen changes accordingly. I have one myself, and it runs off a couple of AA batteries for months. I wonder what the perceived benefit of eInk is?
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I see what you're saying, HarryT, but look at it from this perspective -- the average cell phone gets ... what? 3~5 hours of talk time, and ~2 weeks of standby time on a charge? In
that environment, adding an LCD gets a bit more burdensome on the battery, while adding e-ink should have
very little impact on the battery life.
Also, that TV remote can be depended on to only be used in a fairly limited range of lighting, where the cell phone has to work in a much broader range, so any LCD (particularly on the button labels) would have to be a lot brighter, which translates to more power.
