Flexible display LG

[ScotiaBurrell]

Case could still crack even if screen not broken. That is why good case is very very important.

[Dulin's Books]

there has never been a case of cracked case without the display being broken on an eink device. even if it were the case being cracked doesnt stop the device from working. the display being cracked DOES.



if all it does is eliminate the above then its an incredible boon for the companies and the consumers

[Zetmolm]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

there has never been a case of cracked case without the display being broken on an eink device.

Actually I somehow managed to get a crack in the case of my Onyx Boox about a year ago, and the display is still OK.

Does that make my Boox a collector's item?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

if all it does is eliminate the above then its an incredible boon for the companies and the consumers

My score over the years is five broken screens out of nine. A screen that doesn't shatter would be marvellous.

[Ravensknight]

I just want something like in Minority Report. The size of a large pen, that rolls out to a semi-rigid 6in display.

Now that would be awesome!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Ravensknight

I just want something like in Minority Report. The size of a large pen, that rolls out to a semi-rigid 6in display.

Now that would be awesome!

Readius

Not quite "a large pen", more a mobile phone, but it's close. And no longer under development.

[EDIT: It is still under development, as is pointed out later in this thread. Whoops!]

[frostschutz]

Now that's exactly the kind of device I'm not interested in.

It may be great for putting in a pocket but so is the PB360 as the cover is the only thing I worry about. Otherwise this foldable thing just looks like a bother to read on.

[Dulin's Books]

Originally Posted by Zetmolm

Actually I somehow managed to get a crack in the case of my Onyx Boox about a year ago, and the display is still OK.

Does that make my Boox a collector's item?

yes. but point taken. thats after they started using that new frame sub assembly and showing themselves doing drop tests. so it certainly is possible with certain devices.

[carpetmojo]

Just to prove I'm not such a Ludditean old git, I think this is a marvellous new step forward - assuming it makes it to the market of course.
It would make sense of all those ambitious plans for readers for schools, poor countries, etc...

IF it's as durable as the pic would have us believe !

Then it'll be another reader to find an excuse for buying, once the inevitable bugs are sorted..

Unless the usual thing happens, and the opening price is astronomical....

( And I wonder if the warranty will exclude antics like that portrayed... )

[Dulin's Books]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

. And no longer under development.

not true at all still currently in development and they have moved from a 5 inch display to 6 inch display. http://www.polymervision.com/ and check youtube for their durability test videos. they have even shown color display prototypes capable of video
..Presentation(pdf ) given last November http://www.polymervision.com/downloa...anta+Clara.pdf

[VaporPunk]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

Normally I would agree with you...but my last ereader was broken by my husband leaning on it with his elbow. *CRACK*

In my case flexibility = good!

Sorry to hear that.

Too bad you can't update the dude!

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

Plastic Logic was actually making a slightly flexible device originally. think slightly more rigid than a legal pad. but people felt the bending was disconcerting. a majority of peopel who actually held the device were put off by the bendy feeling stating it made them think/feel the deivce would break., the opposite reacton t hey expected.

Thats why the Que and the actual shipping 100 reader are rigid devices. The emotional reaction is "sturdiness".

This. I would like (at most) a little give, but certainly not too much. Flexible enough to survive a fall (or clumsy spouses), sturdy enough to feel like an über light hardcover book. Just my 2 cents...

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by VaporPunk

..........Too bad you can't update the dude! .....

At the very least the 8.07.19 firmware that improves the elbow.........

[Zetmolm]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

yes. but point taken. thats after they started using that new frame sub assembly and showing themselves doing drop tests. so it certainly is possible with certain devices.

My Boox with its cracked case is one of the 'first generation'. I bought it in January 2010 - well before they started using the new frames, and well before they demonstrated the drop tests. Even before they did all that, the construction was already quite sturdy. And I guess I have just been lucky, having dropped my reader a couple of times without breaking the screen.

Nevertheless, a less fragile screen is a very good improvement. It would at least save me some worry.

[Lbooker]

One step forward : since my old Chinese reader fell, a few lines were permanently stuck, which would not have happened with this new technology.
Two steps backward : compared to the white of the shirt-sleeve of the guy holding it, this screen looks dark grey. In the video on Nate's site, it looks clearer, but the ambient light is very strong and very white (daylight bulbs).

[piperclassique]

Anyone else think it looks like the newspapers in the Harry Potter films?