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Amazon Buys Sunlight Readable Color Display Company Liquavista

Posted by Unknown on from the dreaming-of-pixel-qi dept.

Nate the greatest writes "It looks like those 4 month old rumors are true. Amazon has confirmed today that they have bought Liquavista, a Netherlands based screen tech company. There's no info yet on how much Amazon paid to Samsung, but previous rumors suggested that the asking price was under $100 million. Amazon also isn't talking about how they plan to use the electrowetting screen tech, but many are assuming that a Color Kindle is in the works."

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  1. Re:You mean like the Kindle Fire? by AnotherAnonymousUser · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's really not the same technology at all. That's an LCD screen. We're hoping for something that gets more than 8 hours of battery life, and something closer to the two months the Kindles can get.

  2. Re:uh... by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, they're not. It's not eInk at all. It's a new method of building a color LCD panel that is reflective. Entirely different.

    Color eInk already exists. Google the Etaco Jetbook Color. 4096 colors and slow refresh rate (like B/W eInk). Not the same thing other than they're both reflective, color displays.

  3. Re:Well of course. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_apple_does_controlled_leaks