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Originally Posted by boswd
i would say at the snails pace that the eink techonlogy is moving, I think it came down to a "we have to do something now".
don't get me wrong I love eink, and if I do get the Nook color I will still use my original nook for all my novel reading. But the masses, and trust me we on this forum are not it, want color, want touchscreen, what fun interactive technology. it moves sooooo fast.
and e-ink is moving like a glacier. Think about it. e ink was around for quite a few years now. At least 3 years, i think, before Amazon and the best we have to show for it after these years is Pearl screen. so a little better contrast?
I think it was a we can't wait around for this do anything. Let's go forward using LCD
To BN's credit they skimped on nothing, everything is high end, high end IPS panal/screen, fantastic screen resolution, using the TI OMAP Processor's.
Running Android 2.1 (eclair) with a 2.2 update Froyo coming next year.
They have incredible specs and at a steal for $250.
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actually about a decade now...but it really is a whole new technology which also required a completely new mfg process and equipment. Color is even more so, the current monochrome, B&W, panel tech is sort of like an etch-a-sketch, but color is totally different ball game. There are quite a few different techs for color panels, most have been pretty washed out in dynamic range. The problem has been obtaining the capital to refine the panels as well as design and refine the mfg process and physical plant.
Mirasol shows promise, so does
Liquavista's panel as do those from Bridgestone. Problem with Bridstone's panels are one, there has not been a lot of news in the past year and two, they seem to have the worst color reproduction of the bunch. BTW, all of them are flexible media panels.