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09-11-2008, 10:56 AM | #47 |
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There are more videos on their web site that describe some of the features. I have a Plastic Logic wiki page that highlights what I have been able to find.
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09-11-2008, 11:29 AM | #48 |
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Might be exactly what I was looking for.
This really does look very promising for those of us who have had issues with the current selection of devices due to screen size and pdf support. My primary desire for an e-reader in the first place was to reduce my paper consumption by a significant amount. For work I can go through ~200 pages-400 pages of 8 1/2 x 11 printer paper a week, and then there are all the large reference books! We've needed e-paper that can actually replace a piece of printer paper for a while...
As far as running Windows CE goes, I don't see the big deal. I am a Linux user, huge supporter of open source, and hater of Vista, but in all fairness Windows CE is one of Microsoft's better offerings. It should make developing 3rd party e-book applications and user-created programs much easier. Also, Windows CE performs very well on measly amounts of memory and loads quickly both from sleep and in startup (soft-reset). In the long run I think that the e-reading community (and the world at large) will benefit from open-source, but in the short term it makes sense for a company like Plastic Logic to concentrate on hardware (it's what they do) and go with a known entity like Windows CE for the software side of things. |
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According to this article, "There was only one prototype available at Plastic Logic’s DEMO booth and their employees were VERY protective of it." So sadly, it looks like it'll be a while before there exist more than one of these things... Here's another video. Among the new information in this one:
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Yes, E Ink OEMs initially conceived and marketed their devices as book readers. Other than Amazon, which has obvious content delivery advantages and publisher leverage in this space I don't see book reading being the core competency of competing E Ink device manufacturers in future. Last edited by Gameboy70; 09-11-2008 at 01:13 PM. |
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At this stage it is not likely. LCDs are far less expensive per sq inch of screen space, e-ink is available in production for b+w only (color is several years away they say), and the refresh rate for e-ink is very slow and not suitable for normal computer tasks. (Games are also out of the question with e-ink due to the slow response on screen refreshes. When you can use a watch to time a screen refresh, that is slow. )
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I don't know about a Kindle Killer, but this thing is an Iliad killer for sure. My Iliad was bought partly in the hopes of it being a daily newspaper reader (hopes which were obviously never met), and partly as a PDF reader for JSTOR and all those other academic journal aggregators.
The screen on the Iliad is just too small for the job though, even though it's been the biggest Ereader screen around. Too much mucking around to make things readable. I agree WinCE wasn't a terrible choice (how much benefit have we REALLY seen from Iliad's going with Linux? Honestly I'd say not much). I only hope the screen refresh/pageflip speed has gone up significantly. This time I will certainly demo the device before buying. Additionally, I hope the stupid schmucks in the American Newspaper Publishers' Association get off their fat bums and start trying to sell their newspapers through new mediums like this device. I am sick of reading the NYT/WP on my laptop. |
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Ohh... more info an a video of the device being demoed!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/11/p...-kindle-fight/ BOb EDIT: It shows the dreaded hit-it-with-a-shoe-test. Last edited by pilotbob; 09-11-2008 at 05:09 PM. |
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Don't believe me? Check this out. From ~1:16-1:27 there's a demo from E-ink Inc. of a working full-color video-refresh-rate e-ink display. Of course they say it won't hit the marketplace for another few years (and this video is a year old, anyway). But you can see, such a thing does actually exist in a lab somewhere. Personally, I want it right here, right now. |
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Knowing my luck, the bathsafe version will not be ready before my departure from this planet in 2027. How flexible is that screen?
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