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Prototype Rollable Paper-like Display Ready Early

freitasm writes "A few months ago Philips promised a rollable, paper-like display in two years, but it only took them a few months to have a prototype ready. From the article: 'The Readius is the world's first prototype of a functional electronic-document reader that can unroll its display to a scale larger than the device itself. With four gray levels, the monochrome, 5-inch QVGA (320 pixels x 240 pixels) display provides paper-like viewing with a high contrast ratio. Once the user has finished reading, the display can be rolled back into the pocket-size (100 mm x 60 mm x 20 mm) device.'"

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  1. Re:need higher resolution and more gray level by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You can use it to display the fact that George Bush doesn't care about black people.

  2. Re:need higher resolution and more gray level by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ummm Dunya doesn't know how to read. You fail it.

  3. Re:need higher resolution and more gray level by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is the type of screen resolution for my Digital Reader, the resolution that made me send it back the day I got it. There's nothing paper-like about reading dot-matrix like resolutions. The eye doesn't adapt but instead becomes increasingly fatigued.

    If only technology such as this had a track record of improving over time... God but you are a dumb ass.

  4. Re:Looks good... by Anonymous+Cowterd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    sorry, i assumed you used kde because it doesnt completely suck like gnome does :)

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