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Originally Posted by twobits
Does it have android under the hood like their color model does?
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I found a thread on the Droid Boards, and it does appear that the device has Andriod under the hood.
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I saw another video of a sipix screen where they were explaining that they were using an antialising text rendering engine with it. It did not seem well tweeked for the display. Wonder if that is that case here as well?
Maybe also the default style sheet is not set up well for the b&w contrast if they just copied it over from the one they had tweaked already for their color device? The pictures of the main menu screen look good, hopefully they are not just mock ups? If so this could be a better choice then the old nook for those of us that want an epaper device. The street price will probably be lower. Anyone know how the battery life is supposed to compare?
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I am betting firmware might be a big part of the issue. Certainly I have been amazed by how different the same basic Vizplex screen could look depending on the software running on the device. It will be interesting to see the Cybook Orizen when it comes out and how it compares (Particularly since it will also support multi-touch gestures..
As for battery life, no word, but my general impression is that it will be comparable to eInk screens.
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Bill