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Originally Posted by SaraD
No, there is no way to ruggedize a piece of glass.  But I keep hoping that somebody is going to come up with a plastic screen that is much more durable or a glass screen that is much less expensive and drops the costs. Or maybe I am finally going to have to give that up as being too far into the future. |
I finally did enough reading to find where I read about a tougher screen. The MobileRead wiki about SiPix!
I've copied the 2 most relevant statements from the list of advantages.
Flexible e-Paper: < 2 cm bending radius
Durable: No glass, endures > 1290 PSI (The current AUO manufactured touch screen devices have a glass backing)
So no, it is not yet possible to have a super durable screen since they all still have the glass backing, but I feel better that I figured out where I got the idea that they were almost here.
Oh well. Hopefully SiPix will still be less expensive than what we currently have, but we'll find out when the new toys come out in a few more months. An article on
www.e-reader-info.com that I found stated that Jinke will have a few models using the SiPix screens, but that news was from January so not "news" at all.