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Sony To Launch E Ink-based eBook In April

Posted by timothy on from the small-in-japan dept.

Holly Gates writes "Sony will launch an ebook based on E Ink technology in Japan in late April. The screen is about as big as half a paperback book and has a spatial resolution of ~170ppi. The device includes various edictionaries and audio playback functionality. I am a hardware engineer for E Ink by the way, but I figured slashdotters might be interested." An anonymous reader notes that it is supposed to "display over 10,000 pages on a single set of batteries."

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  1. E Ink? by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a marketing department gone bad.

  2. 100.000000000 pages by Leffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    "display over 10,000 pages on a single set of batteries."

    I wonder how fast you have to read then ;)

    OK, I don't know what the hell E-Ink is :(

    1. Re:100.000000000 pages by miles_thatsme · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahh, yes, the patented etch-a-sketch technology. Frustrating when your book gets jostled on page 453 and the ending disappears like sand in the bottom of your e-book.

  3. Great! by Bishop,+Martin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "display over 10,000 pages on a single set of batteries."

    Great! Now I don't have to recharge my batteries in the middle of War and Peace!

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  4. Personal vendeta? by MyFourthAccount · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am a hardware engineer for E Ink by the way

    And the sysadmin just blocked all P2P ports, so I'll get him back this way.

    "See how you like a good ole slashdotting, bastard!!"

  5. Re:Battery life? by zeux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's do the maths.

    Assuming what you call "trillions" means 1 trillion.

    That's 1 000 000 000 000 pages.

    One microsecond/page means 1 000 000 000 000 / 1 000 000 total seconds for the whole thing.

    That's 1 000 000 seconds or 277.8 hours or 11 days and a half.

    If your 486 laptop can stay on batteries for 11 days and half then I would like to know what kind of battery you use :)

    Ok, that was a nerdie post, you can mod me down now :)

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