The big difference is that the Esquire eInk screen is entirely plastic. All the current 6" eInk readers have a screen with a glass layer, used because methods of creating large numbers of transistors across a glass substrate are well developed for use in LCDs.
Fully plastic eInk screens for ebook readers should be with us next year, which should mean that the next generation of ebook readers will be much more robust.
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Originally Posted by JWLaRue
Maybe a dumb question, but I noticed in that one video of someone trying real hard to destroy the eInk screen that the screen appears to be very flexible.
Anyone have any idea why the Esquire screen doesn't suffer from the same fragility as the screens used in the various eInk devices (iRex, Cybook, Sony, etc.)? Another way of asking the question would be why isn't this flexible screen used elsewhere?
-Jeff
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