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jharker · 12-14-2007, 12:16 PM

Well, I have just a laundry list of questions!

I'm a huge, huge fan of flexible e-paper. That's what will really change the world...

So here are a few questions to start with. These first ones might all be confidential until the Readius is close to release...?

What are the Readius's specs? Display size, refresh rate, resolution, battery life?
What's your intended market and kinds of use? E-books readers? Business? Etc.?
When do you think we'll be able to buy one?

Okay, now that I got those out of the way, here are some more general questions!

How quickly do you think we'll see widespread manufacturing of flexible e-paper?
Will mass manufacture of plastic-based flexible electronics eventually make these a lot cheaper?
When do you think we'll see multiple flexible e-paper devices on the market?
What's your plan for what comes after Readius? Bigger screen? Roll-up instead of fold-up?
What were some of the technical challenges you had to overcome in the Readius?
What's your take on UI design for slow-refresh e-ink displays?
I had always thought that a great thing would be to bind multiple sheets of e-paper into a book-like form factor... do you think that will someday be technically feasible? Economical?

And of course, many thanks in advance to anyone from Polymer Vision who drops in to answer our questions!

12-14-2007, 12:16 PM	#2
jharker Developer Posts: 345 Karma: 3473 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Device: iRex iLiad v1, Blackberry Tour, Kindle DX, iPad.	Well, I have just a laundry list of questions! I'm a huge, huge fan of flexible e-paper. That's what will really change the world... So here are a few questions to start with. These first ones might all be confidential until the Readius is close to release...? What are the Readius's specs? Display size, refresh rate, resolution, battery life? What's your intended market and kinds of use? E-books readers? Business? Etc.? When do you think we'll be able to buy one? Okay, now that I got those out of the way, here are some more general questions! How quickly do you think we'll see widespread manufacturing of flexible e-paper? Will mass manufacture of plastic-based flexible electronics eventually make these a lot cheaper? When do you think we'll see multiple flexible e-paper devices on the market? What's your plan for what comes after Readius? Bigger screen? Roll-up instead of fold-up? What were some of the technical challenges you had to overcome in the Readius? What's your take on UI design for slow-refresh e-ink displays? I had always thought that a great thing would be to bind multiple sheets of e-paper into a book-like form factor... do you think that will someday be technically feasible? Economical? And of course, many thanks in advance to anyone from Polymer Vision who drops in to answer our questions!