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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Durability. Something like that wouldn't break if dropped. Are you really that thick or are you just trolling?
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When is the last time that you dropped and broke a sheet of paper? And if you have the habit of dropping your devices, they aren't going to last forever, so they might as well be cheap.
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Originally Posted by MikeFromHC
Because it would last. The device allegedly has the ability to respond fast enough for video which means it could be used in any form factor.
For long lasting applications protection would be wanted.
Even if it is used as wall paper you'd want a protective coating.
Note also that paper is the bottom layer and that there are at least three layers above the paper.
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But that doesn't mean that the paper can be used forever. In a
different article on the subject there were more comments:
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It's still not easy, and industrializing the process will likely take some time. For maximum performance, the process involves a specific grade of paper with a particular surface coating, roughness, thickness and water uptake and a carefully controlled contact angle at which the electrowetted material is applied to the paper support. Electrowetted glass e-readers may appear sometime next year, but you're unlikely to see disposable paper screens in newspapers or posters for at least three to five years.
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Now I could be wrong but if water uptake counts, then the paper does more than just providing support. Plus according to this, the display will not be intended for ereaders, but for newspapers and posters.