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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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?
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Yes, its really an E Ink display on the cover. Did you see the prototype on the desk in the picture?
In this case "rudimentary technology" means it's only the beginning. The editor hopes this is only the beginning of an explosion in the use of E Ink tech.
E Ink displays are probably expensive because they have to be able to handle any kind of book text and some pictures with hi-res. They probably figured out a way to make a simpler display with lower-res, thus it being cheaper.