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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
I was glad when people began to mention the PRS-700 four pages in.
My first thought at seeing the ST Glow: How are B&N going to fix the clarity issue encountered in the 700 if even Sony abandoned that idea?
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Can you tell me more about this clarity issue? I am already considering getting one of these glow-thingees. I won't use the glow function often but I would very much like it. What are the issues?
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
I realize that e-ink workarounds have progressed since the 700, but isn't adding front lighting a job for a company that creates panels and film, not a one that repackages preexisting tech with budget-friendly specs and smart industrial design?
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A difference without a distinction, IMO. Where the technology originates, how it comes to be packaged, and who does the packaging is moot. Life-cycle-management is a concern but seems tangential to the issue. The final product is really all that matters. Or what am I missing?
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
The issue which B&N should be addressing is tighter case design and light implementation. Their hard cases make the Nook ST far larger than it needs to be, and the case mechanism is often arbitrary and too easy to unattach.
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I agree with that but it doesn't have much to do with glowing e-readers. I finally found a nook case I can live with. I took several months. I had a m-cover cover which I hated. The one I have now came from B&N and is pretty good...though I could do without the chalkboard texture (the same texture the ST case has).
As an aside, I'm waiting for them to coat the e-ink screen with a think layer radium paint; glows in the dark with 0 battery drain. EPA is holding us back.