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Gem · 05-20-2009, 02:55 PM

Might want to wait a year or two.

Reflective LCD's are hitting the market fast with higher contrast ratios than E-ink AND promise 20 ms refresh rates (compared to the 0.5 - 2 second E-ink ones).

On top of that, a ton of companies are racing to show off their new E-paper products in E-book form. Fujitsu just released a color E-book reader (although slow, its already twice the speed of the demo models). Phillips and Bridgestone are just two big companies that also both have similar producs with their own E-paper technologies they will be demoing soon.

Im sure E-ink itself will also take some major leaps and bounds over the next few years to boot.

05-20-2009, 02:55 PM	#3
Gem Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Still not sure	Might want to wait a year or two. Reflective LCD's are hitting the market fast with higher contrast ratios than E-ink AND promise 20 ms refresh rates (compared to the 0.5 - 2 second E-ink ones). On top of that, a ton of companies are racing to show off their new E-paper products in E-book form. Fujitsu just released a color E-book reader (although slow, its already twice the speed of the demo models). Phillips and Bridgestone are just two big companies that also both have similar producs with their own E-paper technologies they will be demoing soon. Im sure E-ink itself will also take some major leaps and bounds over the next few years to boot. Last edited by Gem; 05-20-2009 at 03:06 PM.