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Grierson Huffman · 08-13-2010, 06:53 PM

It certainly seems that the $99 reader cannot be far away. Does anyone know about cost reductions in the manufacturing of the e-ink displays? iSuppli's Kindle 2 teardown attributed 41.5 percent ($60 in April '09) of the materials cost to the display module.

08-13-2010, 06:53 PM	#4
Grierson Huffman Member Posts: 12 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: USA Device: Too many!	It certainly seems that the $99 reader cannot be far away. Does anyone know about cost reductions in the manufacturing of the e-ink displays? iSuppli's Kindle 2 teardown attributed 41.5 percent ($60 in April '09) of the materials cost to the display module.