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Originally Posted by stewacide
The easiest explanation would be that these are the exact same panels, including light, from the same supplier.
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Amazon bought the company that developed the technology behind the PaperWhite screen - from
Amazon to Launch Illuminated E ink Kindles This Year in April:
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He does, however, point to a patent filed by the illumination company Oy Modilis prior to their absorption into Amazon. Their technology is apparently at the heart of the new E Ink lighting system in these Kindles. The patent describes a novel method by which light from a single source is channeled into the screen area, where it bounces around before finally being directed outward toward the user.
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This is almost certainly exclusive to Amazon, so the Kobo Glo and the NOOK with GlowLight are using different technology to the Kindle PaperWhite.