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Old 09-06-2009, 09:20 PM   #13
Dylrob
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Originally Posted by bsg75 View Post
It says full color, so it can't be eInk.. and also it must be backlit. There are no color non-transmissive screens commercially available for anywhere near that price. I don't see how the device described would be qualitatively better for reading than any old LCD monitor or laptop display. And battery life would be an issue.
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Originally Posted by Kralik View Post
Weren't the Pixel Qi screens going to support both color and touch?
The Pixel Qi technology can handle color, albeit only in its transmissive mode.

Last I heard integrated touch was something they were looking into. Of course you could always use an existing touch technology... though at this price the only option would likely be [brightness sapping] resistive membranes.

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