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Originally Posted by gokalp
I was posting my progress in the disassembly thread, but I figured it might be a good idea to form a separate thread for the touchscreen modification....
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The screen clarity with and without the bottom part of the original digitizer:
Note that in this picture, the left side has the bottom and top digitizer, however the right on only has the top screen.
The screen with the digitizer stored in the back:
Here I cut the top screen such that only the gray bezel remains.
I was pondering your idea on using the touch panel on the back
in order to use the reader with the naked eInk exposed to have enhanced
contrast. The new interface, forces the use of the touch panel, but
there is no reason why button mapping can't be re-assigned with
a new firmware in order to re-program buttons to navigate the home
screen.
The HOME button can have a DUAL function. While in read mode, selecting
HOME would bring you back to the HOME screen. And using the arrow
buttons, would navigate around books or the Home screen, while the HOME
button could act as a SELECT button (only while in Home screen)
Thereby, eliminating the need to use the touch panel on the back
of the reader. Of course, input search and notes would be an issue
unless button re-mapping could also be used to select letters.
The feesability of this must be studied but once a ROM gets out, it
would be interesting to see if this can be achieved.