[majaka]

Hey guys,

I was sitting at the bus-stop reading on the iLiad when I noticed that the words I was reading were kind of fuzzy and jagged. I thought "hmmrh, that's weird", and turned the next page. At that point it disappeared back to its normal crispness. (This is a feedbooks book). I kinda figured it might just be some weird thing, until I noticed it happened again!!

There I was sitting at the bus stop, people next to me looking at me like "what on earth is that guy doing with that awesome piece of technology, he just keeps flipping the pages back and forth rubbing his non-paper-ness in our faces!".

Right as they were on verge of launching a violent coup against me, I discovered that if the iLiad is in direct sunlight when I turn the page, it renders it all fuzzy and blurry. If, however, I bring it into the shade and turn the page, apart from getting funny white dots in my eyeballs, the page renders normally.

I'd post a pic right now, but I'm in Melbourne, Australia and weather here is pretty unpredictable.

As a chemistry student, I thought it might have to do with the reaction that causes the ink to switch "on or off" that is drawing some sort of energy from the sun (endothermic reaction). But that's just a wild guess since I know nothing about how it actually operates.

Has anyone else noticed this?

To make it even more of a mystery, I just got my iLiad returned from repairs for a slight screen defect. I can't ever remember that happening before. It's not that big of a deal, but it's certainly a pain since I don't wear my glasses when I'm out and about and it's already difficult enough to read without my text deciding to go all funny!!