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SWEET! They actually took another one of my ideas (yep, this is clearly validated by prior art discussed about 4 years ago or longer on irc, just when color devices were rumored to be coming out).
I basically said that it would be neat for them to make a device which could use paper-white greyscale to save battery life and extend the use of the device, when you're not near a charger, or when doing something like reading a long novel, where color isnt' an issue.
Damn, where was my $10k when I needed to file a patent to block this. I also said (back in the late 90's, also verified on irc logs of probably a dozen or more people on #palmchat at the time), that the silkscreened-on graffiti area of the PalmIII was a waste of space, and they should just make it out of pixels and have it slide out of the way when you don't need it, and gain that glass area back for applications. Enter "Virtual Graffiti" 5 years later.
Damn damn damn! (and no, this is NOT an April Fool's joke, I'm completely serious about this, as anyone who can recall me ranting about it years ago can attest).
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