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Originally Posted by HarryT
Don't you remember the CyBook Gen1? It took exactly that approach - a generic Windows CE device with lots of different reading programs on it for different formats. Worked great, although the technology wasn't really "there" at the time in terms of battery life, etc.
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I wish I did, I "fell off" the ebook bandwagon well before they started to take off, mostly 'cos I couldn't afford anything after my dog ate 2 new PDA's....and I was in Australia at the time...... NOT a huge e-book centre...
If I had known about the Cybook then,,,,well.....
And I think that E-ink helps to solve the battery issue, though ghosting and contrast seem to be the big issues this tech has to overcome.
I don't think colour is going to be the huge seller it's promoted to be, though I wonder what the refresh "flash" of a page change would look like on a colour model...if it was the RGB version, would you have 3 flashes, or would it all go black on a page turn...
Just musing....