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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
I like the lighting, I think, unless it's a battery hog. But I'm curious about what people think about the flexible displays: why would you want one and what would you do with it? If it's flexible, that implies it's unsupported and will be subject to being folded or kinked or otherwise mangled. Does someone have a good idea how such a thing would be practical and why it would be better than a rigid display? Just curious.
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Well, personally I would like a reader that was like a sheet of regular 8 1/2 by 11 (A4?) paper, folded in half. When it's closed the screen and controls are protected from bumps and scratches, when it's open it can be read like a book, two pages at a time, or the user has the option of displaying two different things on the facing pages (to compare different accounts of the same event side-by-side, for instance, or look at an illustration while reading the text that explains it). And as a final option, it can be opened out flat and turned 90 degrees and it can display standard pdfs in the original size. A flexible display would fit into that kind of folding reader, without having to break the 8 1/2 by 11 option up at the "hinge."
Just a thought.
