Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 07-15-2008, 08:55 AM   #643
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Originally Posted by Luigino View Post
The FLEPia product has a LCD which means a refresh frequency and a battery consumption that we don't need....having a "static" screen with eInk means more rest for eyes and less effort on reading, right like when we are reading a real journal paper... and to run the LCD means a furniture of electricity from battery where with eInk the electricity is needed ONLY WHEN you have to change the page....
Everyone keeps saying this, but as a practical matter it simply isn't true. I use an 8 year old LCD based device that has battery about the same as the one on the Kindle, and yet it can match or beat the kindle in terms of battery life.
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