Motorola Motofone F3 with E Ink display - Page 2

orcinus · 04-16-2007, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chef

The Motofone does not have a backlight. The blue LEDs that light up the buttons may cast some light up towards the display thus causing the effect and look if a backlight.

It does. Along the sides of the display (actually, that's not a backlight but a sidelight, but...)

And the LED's are not blue, they are white. Want a photo?

NatCh · 04-16-2007, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orcinus

Want a photo?

What do you think? Of course we want a photo!

orcinus · 04-16-2007, 09:11 PM

Here there be photos, then

Couldn't bother to drag the tripod and flash out (it's 3am and i'm falling asleep at the keyboard), so sorry for the grain and motion blur. Now that i've put the Reader and F3 next to each other, it would appear i was wewy wewy wong when i said it's screen had a noticeably lower contrast. It's actually the opposite - the Reader's screen has a much more inferior contrast

NatCh · 04-16-2007, 09:48 PM

Wow, orcinus, several of those could be marketing pix! Good job, and thanks!

chef · 04-17-2007, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orcinus

It does. Along the sides of the display (actually, that's not a backlight but a sidelight, but...)

And the LED's are not blue, they are white. Want a photo?

Fine, they're white. At first look, I thought the LEDs looked a little blue. That's all. But I refuse to agree with the fact that it has a backlight. Your picture shows that the light source is at the bottom of the display. This says that the light is coming from the keypad. The light further up the display is just extra light coming from those LEDs.

orcinus · 04-17-2007, 07:31 AM

Kehm... Extra light that's stronger (or as strong) on the top than on the bottom?

jimmyzou · 04-25-2007, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orcinus

Here there be photos, then

Couldn't bother to drag the tripod and flash out (it's 3am and i'm falling asleep at the keyboard), so sorry for the grain and motion blur. Now that i've put the Reader and F3 next to each other, it would appear i was wewy wewy wong when i said it's screen had a noticeably lower contrast. It's actually the opposite - the Reader's screen has a much more inferior contrast

Hi,Orcinus, where did you get the Motofone? I want buy one also, nice picture

orcinus · 05-01-2007, 07:33 AM

Er... It's an engineering sample the local Motorola office lent us for review purposes. It should've been on sale in prepaid T-Mobile packages here in Croatia by now, but it still isn't for some reason.

There seem to be an abundance of them on ebay, but the prices are rather absurd - 50-60 USD.

chef · 05-08-2007, 11:51 PM

reason why they are 1.5-2x retail cost on ebay is because they already come unlocked and can be used anywhere if you buy the right frequency band for your country. they markup the price because they do the work for you of unlocking the phone for you.

CommanderROR · 05-09-2007, 09:04 AM

I bought one now and will write a short review when/if I have some time.

Price was 31 Euro + Shipping (40 altogether)

04-16-2007, 09:11 PM	#18
orcinus Gadgeteer Posts: 222 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Croatia Device: iRex iLiad, Sony PRS-500, Nokia 770, BB 7200, Samsung i600, iPhone	Here there be photos, then Couldn't bother to drag the tripod and flash out (it's 3am and i'm falling asleep at the keyboard), so sorry for the grain and motion blur. Now that i've put the Reader and F3 next to each other, it would appear i was wewy wewy wong when i said it's screen had a noticeably lower contrast. It's actually the opposite - the Reader's screen has a much more inferior contrast Attached Thumbnails Last edited by orcinus; 04-16-2007 at 09:25 PM.

04-17-2007, 07:31 AM	#21
orcinus Gadgeteer Posts: 222 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Croatia Device: iRex iLiad, Sony PRS-500, Nokia 770, BB 7200, Samsung i600, iPhone	Kehm... Extra light that's stronger (or as strong) on the top than on the bottom? Attached Thumbnails

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