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E Ink Demos New Displays, Gadgets At IFA 2011

Posted by Soulskill on from the dead-tree-salvation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "E Ink turned up at IFA 2011 with its Triton color e-paper, which has exactly the same properties as the monochrome version found in the Kindle (two-month battery life, no power use when viewing a page, as readable as a sheet of paper) while adding 4,096 colors. We also get to see the E Ink watch, signage, cellphone and USB stick displays, and the latest glass-less e-paper inside a credit card. E Ink hopes to use the new plastic substrate in future e-readers, meaning they will be thinner, lighter, and more shatterproof than those that ship today."

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  1. control by Hazel+Bergeron · · Score: 1, Redundant

    My paper book:

    (1) Works every time after a relaxing read in the bathroom, even if I occasionally splash it;

    (2) Works after a drop or a knock in the train;

    (3) Doesn't send any information about my reading or highlighting habits anywhere;

    (4) Can actually be annotated and highlighted by writing directly on it with a stylus (though the cool kids call them pencils) - and the annotations can be removed using an eraser;

    (5) Is of no interest to thieves;

    (6) Has never transformed overnight into several hundred blank pages of paper because of some corporate decision somewhere;

    (7) Is three-dimensional and can be held so I can look at multiple pages at once;

    (8) Has zero power usage;

    (9) Seems to have an average lifespan of at least a decade or two in the cheapest cases, centuries for some - they just don't go wrong when I'm in the middle of nowhere;

    (10) Is sized appropriately to the content;

    (11) Can be lent and resold and copied;

    (12) Smells nice.