Amazon is (possibly) working on a colour e-reader

[eschwartz]

As far as I can tell, the only actual information of any description that they have is that Amazon purchased LiquaVista... hardly news, we've all known for a while now and numerous people are eagerly awaiting word of when they will come out with a viable product to mass-produce and sell.

We have been waiting for a while.

So the usual source of suspicious news and inaccurate reviews has graced us with the news that Amazon now owns LiquaVista and presumably tasked them to investigate a color E-Ink Kindle?
Well, good for them! Next thing you know, they will make the front page with an article about how the sun rises in the east, Canadians live in Canada, and a guy named Hoover was once the president of the US.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I don't care about covers on a small-screened color ebook reader, because I can't imagine staring at the cover for hours and hours and getting any pleasure out of it. I acknowledge that some people enjoy staring at covers for a very lengthy amount of time, so all power to those types of individuals who enjoy that activity!

Nah, but it would be a nice wanna-have

Tweakers.net also reports the news now, but they also have GoodEReader as a source.

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I don't care about covers on a small-screened color ebook reader, because I can't imagine staring at the cover for hours and hours and getting any pleasure out of it. I acknowledge that some people enjoy staring at covers for a very lengthy amount of time, so all power to those types of individuals who enjoy that activity!

If the screen is eight. Inches or larger you can do comics and art books.

You also have a viable replacement for millions of technical manuals which of necessity must be readable in direct sunlight.

[Kode]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Well, good for them! Next thing you know, they will make the front page with an article about how the sun rises in the east, Canadians live in Canada, and a guy named Hoover was once the president of the US.

Have you tried the search button on the site? Those articles are probably already there.

[doubleshuffle]

The Tweedles' own comment under their article:

The only uncertainty is the release date, ...

I'm pretty sure it'll be Mothers' Day.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Kode

Have you tried the search button on the site? Those articles are probably already there.

Actually, I was too terrified to search -- I was afraid I'd find such articles!

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Actually, I was too terrified to search -- I was afraid I'd find such articles!

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

The Tweedles' own comment under their article:



I'm pretty sure it'll be Mothers' Day.

LOL

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

As far as I can tell, the only actual information of any description that they have is that Amazon purchased LiquaVista... hardly news, we've all known for a while now and numerous people are eagerly awaiting word of when they will come out with a viable product to mass-produce and sell.

We have been waiting for a while.

So the usual source of suspicious news and inaccurate reviews has graced us with the news that Amazon now owns LiquaVista and presumably tasked them to investigate a color E-Ink Kindle?
Well, good for them! Next thing you know, they will make the front page with an article about how the sun rises in the east, Canadians live in Canada, and a guy named Hoover was once the president of the US.

Was this the same Hoover that made vacuum cleaners? I thought Canadians lived in Unalaska. You mean the sun doesn't set in the west.
Mind blown.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Was this the same Hoover that made vacuum cleaners? I thought Canadians lived in Unalaska. You mean the sun doesn't set in the west.
Mind blown.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Was this the same Hoover that made vacuum cleaners? I thought Canadians lived in Unalaska. You mean the sun doesn't set in the west.
Mind blown.

There may be some Canadians that live in Unalaska, Alaska.

[doubleshuffle]

I always thought if you wanted to unalaska someone you had to put them on a plane to California.

[soulfuldog]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

The Tweedles' own comment under their article:

"The only uncertainty is the release date, ..."

I'm pretty sure it'll be Mothers' Day.

Yeah but to match goodereader, you will need to narrow it down to what Mothers' Day you mean (US, UK or somewhere else?), oh and possibly what year too. 'Cos it's not like they'd just pick a day and say something will be released then. Would they? That'd just be silly.

[Barty]

To be fair, Amazon might have stuck liquivista in a closet and forgotten about it had it not been for our intrepid reporters. I do that all the time with stuff I get off eBay.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Barty

To be fair, Amazon might have stuck liquivista in a closet and forgotten about it had it not been for our intrepid reporters. I do that all the time with stuff I get off eBay.

Operating under the theory that Amazon was interested in color ereaders, that would be like forgetting your brand-new car, not a $5 eBay doodad.

What kind of eBay stuff do you typically forget about?

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Operating under the theory that Amazon was interested in color ereaders, that would be like forgetting your brand-new car, not a $5 eBay doodad.

What kind of eBay stuff do you typically forget about?

Actually, on Amazon's cash flow scale, Liquavista *is* a $5 ebay impulse buy. The kind where, two weeks later you go "what was this supposed to be good for?"