Thread: Exclusive: meet the Amazon Kindle with 'Paperwhite' backlit display
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Old 09-06-2012, 12:26 PM   #244
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Originally Posted by booklover6 View Post
Did you see this on the Kobo Glo page:

Because Kobo Glo’s advanced high-res XGA Pearl E Ink screen isn’t made from glass there’s never any glare,

If it's not glass, what is it?
Plastic.
The eink film can be laminated to glass or plastic. LG has been shipping XGA eink on plastic (in limited quantities) for months.
The reader won't be bendable but it should be very, very durable.
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