Thread: Should I own two Kindles?
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Old 10-10-2013, 06:58 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
I thought that e-ink/vizplex supplies the screens to each manufacturer (Amazon, Kobo, etc) and then the manufacturer adds the lights and the light-guiding layer? So that Amazon and Kobo don't share the exact same lighting system?

If that is the case, then any manufacturer COULD make a front-light for the 5" screen. They would just have to think that there would be enough of a market for it.
AFAIK the lighted screens come directly from eInk that way. At least they offer lit screens for sale.
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