Thread: Who Would Buy a Bookeen Eink Reader?
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Old 12-23-2006, 09:03 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by ashkulz
Well, as I understand it the refresh rate on e-ink displays is pretty bad and you can't easily update a part of the screen -- hence it's not possible to have an on-screen keyboard.
Well, that's not quite so. You can refresh just part of the screen, it usually results in higher ghosting in the refreshed area is all.

As for the buttons ... the Sony Reader has ~15 buttons depending on how you count 'em.
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