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Barty · 05-13-2012, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjmac

I would rather like a colour screen and I noticed that Amazon has aledgely ordered some coloured e-ink screens (http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets...ndle-20120221/). WIth the obvious implication that they are going to launch a colour Kindle e-book reader.

I am under the impression that colour e-ink results in a rather washed out / poor quality pictures and are very slow. So I am wondering whether any one has actually seen a colour e-ink screen and what they are really like?

Search YouTube for eink triton. It's pretty underwhelming.

Maybe they have something better now, but we haven't seen it demoed.

There's mirasol from Qualcomm, but it has been "coming" for 2,3 years now.

andyh2000 · 05-13-2012, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjmac

I would rather like a colour screen and I noticed that Amazon has aledgely ordered some coloured e-ink screens (http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets...ndle-20120221/). WIth the obvious implication that they are going to launch a colour Kindle e-book reader.

I am under the impression that colour e-ink results in a rather washed out / poor quality pictures and are very slow. So I am wondering whether any one has actually seen a colour e-ink screen and what they are really like?

Look for the jetBook Color threads over here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=205

Short version - a few people (mainly one actually) are bizarrely positive about it, a few people are wildly negative about it and the rest are lukewarm. Not a good advert for current colour eInk.

Andrew

David Munch · 05-13-2012, 05:12 PM

Color would be nice, but I really doubt it as being a major driving force for development, as most people read books on their eReaders.

I would like to see a bit faster refresh times, higher resolution and contrast.

rjmac · 05-18-2012, 02:28 AM

My wife is one who would like to see colour, she loves cookery books and misses the colour photos of the completed dishes.

rjmac · 05-18-2012, 02:39 AM

Thanks for this, I had never heard of the Jetbook before this, and I have checked out the thread and their website. Interesting! I would like to see one before making up my mind.

05-13-2012, 05:12 PM	#18
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,009 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	Color would be nice, but I really doubt it as being a major driving force for development, as most people read books on their eReaders. I would like to see a bit faster refresh times, higher resolution and contrast.

05-18-2012, 02:28 AM	#19
rjmac Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 574506 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	My wife is one who would like to see colour, she loves cookery books and misses the colour photos of the completed dishes.

05-18-2012, 02:39 AM	#20
rjmac Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 574506 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Thanks for this, I had never heard of the Jetbook before this, and I have checked out the thread and their website. Interesting! I would like to see one before making up my mind.