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Old 11-04-2009, 06:01 AM   #1
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Thinnest reader yet?

A chinese company operating at Shenzen has created what appears to be the thinnest e-ink reader yet. Specs seem similar to many existing devices. Don't know when or if it will get West.

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Old 11-04-2009, 06:38 AM   #2
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Thanks for the spot Siorghlas! Looks interesting.
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Old 11-04-2009, 08:07 AM   #3
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Looks interesting indeed... though I would almost say that there is a point on how thing it can be before it becomes a burden to hold in your hand comfortably
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Old 11-04-2009, 08:21 AM   #4
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thanks for the link....
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:35 AM   #5
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Looks interesting indeed... though I would almost say that there is a point on how thing it can be before it becomes a burden to hold in your hand comfortably
I'm more concerned about how thin it can be before being too thin to provide much protection from bending and cracking the screen.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:31 PM   #6
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The plastic logic prototype was thinner. I haven't seen an exact measurement on the Que, so we will have to see.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:43 PM   #7
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I'm not sure thiness is that important (maybe I should say super-thiness) to me. As much as I love my K2, the K1 was more comfortable to hold. I guess I like a little meat on my ebook readers.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:55 PM   #8
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I'm more concerned about how thin it can be before being too thin to provide much protection from bending and cracking the screen.
True... then again there are all the stories out there about the flexible e-screens in devopment
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Old 11-04-2009, 02:27 PM   #9
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The same company seems to sell a very nice looking 9.7 inch reader. Has anyone tried out / bought a reader from this company? Their readers look very impressive, could anyone point me to some reviews of their items?
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Old 11-04-2009, 03:12 PM   #10
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Thin indeed. Too thin in fact.. I'm almost afraid I'll accidentally fold it in half.
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Old 11-04-2009, 03:21 PM   #11
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too thin

I have to agree ther ewill be a point that it becomes too thin. I think its like those super small cell phones they had a few years ago, then they got a big larger and seem to have stablized in size and width more or less. I imagine they can be manufactured smaller but at a certain point buttons become too small to be useful.

So I imagine that there will be a point at which you can't go any thinner with screens before it becomes a hinderance to a person using them.

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Old 11-04-2009, 03:38 PM   #12
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I'm more concerned about how thin it can be before being too thin to provide much protection from bending and cracking the screen.
Much less of a concern if it's a plastic substrate rather than glass...
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Old 11-04-2009, 03:58 PM   #13
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I have to agree ther ewill be a point that it becomes too thin. I think its like those super small cell phones they had a few years ago, then they got a big larger and seem to have stablized in size and width more or less. I imagine they can be manufactured smaller but at a certain point buttons become too small to be useful.

So I imagine that there will be a point at which you can't go any thinner with screens before it becomes a hinderance to a person using them.
The thinness of a reader is much less of an issue than the size of a phone, as long its still comfortable to hold and the design isn't too flexible then the thickness isn't an issue.
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That is such a cool little device. We might start seeing the uber cheap ebook products coming out of China. As they produce all of the ebook readers they learn the processes and create generic no name brands.

Same thing happened with DVD players, after a few years you could get a no name DVD player for $20 that offered MORE functionality (could play DVI, DVD, MPEG and more) than the $100 Sony model.
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I'm not sure thiness is that important (maybe I should say super-thiness) to me. As much as I love my K2, the K1 was more comfortable to hold. I guess I like a little meat on my ebook readers.
Same here. I prefer my thicker K1 over my wife's K2.

I also find my Cybook Gen3 too thin for comfortable use unless it is in its cover.
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