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First Folding-Screen e-Book Reader

Posted by chrisd on from the foldable-humans-are-next dept.

MJArrison writes "Yahoo is carrying a Reuters story about a laptop that isn't much more than a foldable LCD screen. It's very small screen 6.7"x5" appears to be a strange black on green monochrome, so it better be cheap. It's made by Samsung and will be launched in Korea first." It's a start; I can't wait for them to integrate an IBM 701cs style camber for both screen and keyboard. T. adds: Rather than a general-purpose laptop, it looks like this is being pushed as an specialized device for reading e-texts.

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  1. Re:How to masturbate on a bus and not get caught. by Fred2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least the trolls are getting more creative...

  2. Re:How to masturbate on a bus and not get caught. by rafelbev · · Score: 1, Funny

    I remember the good old days when FP was enough.

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  3. potential sales by devnullkac · · Score: 5, Funny
    Samsung sees potential sales of flat panels for electronic books at 24,973 units this year.

    Very precise estimate. Is this a conversion from sort of metric unit count?

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  4. sticking with dead trees thanks by gecko19scl · · Score: 1, Funny

    i dont think a screen has the same appeal as a good book, its just to clinical, and how the hell can i fold the corner over to mark my PAGE!! arrrrrgggggg

    give me a good book anyday.........
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  5. 24,973 by MjDascombe · · Score: 2, Funny

    How the fsck did they arrive at 24,973? Who are the 27 awkward bastards who stop it being 25k? Any why not approximate anyway?

  6. Dead pixels.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's very similar to LCD dead pixels. You start with 25000 customers but some just turn out to be dead by the time they get to you.

  7. Re:Yay, Monochrome by Ilgaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    and do you have any 32bit colour novels?

  8. Remember! by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you fold up an eBook, do you have to remember what page you were on, or can you buy an eBookMark?

  9. Re:Dead Tree Society by Chelloveck · · Score: 3, Funny

    The reflective LCD used in the Sony Clie is marvelous. Perfectly readable in high-light conditions, and has a frontlight that makes it readable under just about any condition.

    Now, if only I could read it while wearing polarized sunglasses...

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  10. Re:au contraire! i'm starting to see potential! by derch · · Score: 2, Funny
    These books could be made so that if you close them they are water and shock resistant.

    That doesn't solve the bath tub issue, unlesss you can make the book automatically close in the time it takes to drop three inches from the hand to the bath water.

    And considering where the book is in relation to a guy's equipment, I'm not sure I'd like an automatic closing waterproof book.... OUCH!