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devant · 01-10-2010, 01:28 PM

Yeah, for me it's not so much about there being too many e-readers (although I do agree that everyone seems to be jumping in) it's about how everyone's developing one when the screen technology seems to be going next-gen pretty soon.

You could argue that for Mirasol and Liquavista may take few years to develop and produce, the Pixel Qi screen is capable of mass production as of today. The responses and previews from CES make it clear that the black/white screen quality rivals e-ink.

It'd be interesting to see how much many of these e-ink devices will go for in 6-8 months. Even Apple dropped price on IPhone pretty quickly. The creative destruction on e-ink market is in full force.

01-10-2010, 01:28 PM	#18
devant Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Irex Iliad	Yeah, for me it's not so much about there being too many e-readers (although I do agree that everyone seems to be jumping in) it's about how everyone's developing one when the screen technology seems to be going next-gen pretty soon. You could argue that for Mirasol and Liquavista may take few years to develop and produce, the Pixel Qi screen is capable of mass production as of today. The responses and previews from CES make it clear that the black/white screen quality rivals e-ink. It'd be interesting to see how much many of these e-ink devices will go for in 6-8 months. Even Apple dropped price on IPhone pretty quickly. The creative destruction on e-ink market is in full force.