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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The display is a 5.7" diagonal, 1024x768 pixel (223ppi) full colour display. More info about the ebook reader and the display are at the mirasol website.
Touchscreen, colour, scrolling, video, weeks of battery life, and a built-in 'front light', so it can be used in low-light levels.
$310. Kyobo Platinum club members can purchase for $265.
I wonder who'll be the first to use the display in a ebook reader available in the rest of the world?
Unlike The Digital Reader, I think people will pay more for a device with a reflective, hi-res, high speed colour display that gives weeks of battery life. |
With the cheapest Kindle at $80, for those who just want to read, and a Kindle Fire at $200 for those who want colour, magazines, comics, video, etc..., how large a market is there in between?
How many people who
have to have both eInk-like outdoor performance and colour in the same device?
It isn't as good as eInk in some ways (eg battery life), and it isn't as good as the LCD displays in other (eg contrast).
It seems like a technology that has arrived several years too late.
Five years ago this would have been incredible. Now ... ehh.