Thread: Esquire printed magazine. Now with an E Ink cover
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Old 07-21-2008, 10:39 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
Is this really an eInk display on the cover of the magazine, or some other technology that is being made by EInk Corp? The article mentions... rudimentary technology... in two years I hope it looks like cell phones from 1982... already being used in supermarkets for displays. That doesn't really sound like eInk. Current eInk displays are expensive. I can't see how the economics would work putting them on magazines. I assume it's some other display technology that just happens to be made by EInk Corp?
larger screensize eink is expensive. Maybe the small sizes screens are cheaper? Or the sponsors paid big bucks?
Or maybe it's the leftovers?
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