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Old 11-28-2007, 12:15 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by datrop View Post
Wow. An e-ink screen has an estimated cost of $200? Wow.
I think that's closer to accurate for the 8" display, the 6" inch is somewhere between $150 and $200, as a best guess.

It's a new tech, and there're only two licensed manufactureres (and iRex uses all they make on their own devices), so there's simply no economy of scale in play yet.
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