Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 04-09-2009, 09:10 PM   #1761
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Originally Posted by Robertb View Post
You know how factories are. They give a roadmap and then make excuses. But I honestly do think that we will indeed see color by year's end. Most likely it will be a mix of e-ink with a backlight so you save power reading in E-ink and then have the backlight for color items. I can tell you that Astak's General Manager is pushing it big time and it looks very good. He already has a prototype.
But wait, a backlight on eInk is supposed to be impossible. The screens are opaque, not translucent as LCD. Or did you mean side/front lighting?
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