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wallcraft · 05-20-2008, 12:31 PM

PVI has announced a Wacom touchscreen option (PVI adding "touch" to eink). If this is what the Astak devices will use, then (a) it needs a special stylus (no finger input) and (b) E-Ink's $3,000 6" prototype won't be generally available until June. So the initial 5" and 6" Astaks probably won't have a touchscreen. Wacom works very well on the iLiad by the way, but it does draw power.

05-20-2008, 12:31 PM	#289
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	PVI has announced a Wacom touchscreen option (PVI adding "touch" to eink). If this is what the Astak devices will use, then (a) it needs a special stylus (no finger input) and (b) E-Ink's $3,000 6" prototype won't be generally available until June. So the initial 5" and 6" Astaks probably won't have a touchscreen. Wacom works very well on the iLiad by the way, but it does draw power. Last edited by wallcraft; 05-21-2008 at 09:23 AM. Reason: PVI touch is not Wacom, see below