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charmian · 07-24-2012, 11:47 PM

I don't think they're commercially non-viable, as long as they're cheaper than tablets and possess longer battery life.

I agree technology can still be around even if it is "out of date," such as calculators.

It is unfortunate that e-ink is advancing much more slowly than LCD screens, where we see many types of improvements coming to market, though. I believe eventually there will be either Pixel Qi-ish LCD screens or e-paper with high saturation color (not enough people are going to want to pay $100+ for something that looks like newsprint), but not in the near future. So far the most impressive color e-paper (not e-ink) has been Fujitsu's Flepia cholosteric LCD screen (2011 prototype): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VmCrblDMlc.

07-24-2012, 11:47 PM	#21
charmian Addict Posts: 386 Karma: 1814548 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle PW2	I don't think they're commercially non-viable, as long as they're cheaper than tablets and possess longer battery life. I agree technology can still be around even if it is "out of date," such as calculators. It is unfortunate that e-ink is advancing much more slowly than LCD screens, where we see many types of improvements coming to market, though. I believe eventually there will be either Pixel Qi-ish LCD screens or e-paper with high saturation color (not enough people are going to want to pay $100+ for something that looks like newsprint), but not in the near future. So far the most impressive color e-paper (not e-ink) has been Fujitsu's Flepia cholosteric LCD screen (2011 prototype): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VmCrblDMlc.