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Originally Posted by BlackVoid
What if they do not happen? It is really mostly in the field of computers where such rapid progress is being made, but sooner or later limits will be reached.
e-Ink is a long way from displaying videos and it may never get there. With its refresh rate being so low, it is best suited for ebooks. Other displays are faster but consume more energy and are not very good for reading. It is not at all guaranteed that we will get fast e-ink like displays.
Also ebook readers are to large to use as a PDA. PDAs are too small to read.
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Video rate eInk has been
demonstrated in the lab. And there are other technologies with similar advantages yet much higher refresh rates.
3Qi (from Pixel QI) already cuts down on a lot of the energy consumption by allowing the backlight to shut off and [when fully incorporated] allowing the rest of the hardware to cycle into a low power state. They're talking of further savings in future incarnations by reducing the minimum refresh rate. "
Mirasol" displays are apparently bistable and yet have a high response rate. Then there is
Electrowetting, which is supposed to be extremely low power and yet allow for fast refreshes and optional backlighting (not to mention color with or without the latter).
Looking beyond displays, Pine Trail (the next gen Intel Atom+chipset) should help lower power consumption in netbooks and similar devices.