Thread: Barnes and Noble confirms COLOR e-book reader for Spring 2010 [INCORRECT]
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Old 10-09-2009, 10:45 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by Alisa View Post
... All the color prototypes I've seen in videos were significantly slower than the current black and white readers. I will be thoroughly impressed if the upcoming color devices are as fast as what we have now. I will be surprised if they're faster. ...
Actually those prototypes you saw weren't really eInk at all, but rather a different form of epaper (I'm not entirely sure where all the confusion started).

Fast forward to 1:10 to see a brief clip of real color eInk in action:



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Originally Posted by fuzzy_dunlop View Post
The relevance of color depends on the price. The Fujitsu Flepia (http://tinyurl.com/cl2so3) is the first color e-ink reader available now and it retails for 99,750 yen or US$1110.
The Flepia uses a bistable LCD. Not eInk.
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