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Originally Posted by Burliburd
E-ink brings some advantages which can not be neglected:
1. Battery life, much longer than a laptop;
2. Hard to brake and even flexible, if is made on plastic;
3. Friendly with the human eye;
4. Light weight and easy to carry it with you, containing lots of files and documents;
5. Readable in bright light;
6. You can add more.
I don't see why the military won't invest in this technology to make it color, with faster refresh rate and adding more features to it.
The parallel seen by Phogg sounds realistic to me.
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First, I need a clarification on point 6: Add more what?
Second, e-ink does not differentiate itself enough from LCD screens to be an attractive product for the military yet. Energy use is its only advantage over LCDs, and since soldiers can carry extra batteries and/or hand-cranked generators (which they often do), it's not enough of a selling point. (FYI: The military couldn't give a rat's @$$ whether or not e-ink is "easier on the eyes.")
When they are full-color, available in higher volumes cheaper than LCDs, and available on all-purpose devices (like laptops), they will fit the military uses for such a device.