I don't know how good your eyesight is, but you seem to be blind. Paper printing still has the best resolution BY FAR over any digital portal device. Why do you think paper printing is still in use today? If you look around at different technologies, many of them try to emulate paper printing quality. Isn't that the whole point of antialiasing technologies (cleartype).
How many times have you put a book in your pocket? Can most paperback, nevermind hardbacks, fit in your pocket? You must have very big pockets if that is the case. Its obvious you didnt' look at the pictures of the device, because in reality it comparable to the size of a book, but its really paper thin.
And speaking of battery life...hmmm, whats the battery life like on the Zaurus or th other Ebook readers? Is having AA batteries worse than having to recharge everyday??
All in all, I think you're completely missing the point of this device when you think the current EBook readers are better. I'll rather read a real book than use any of the devices now to read e text, but when this comes out in the US, you'll be sure that i'll be there to get one.
This seems to be a revolutionary technology to me. LCD display does not seem likely to be a viable, low cost solution for being THE uquibitous electronic display technology. The limitations that are holding it back in my opinion is its high power consumption and minimum size contraints. Other technologies today cannot handle the resolution. Its obvious that E Ink seems to be the perfect technology for ebook type devices, but why can't we take it a step further, and use it as displaying devices in general? Why can't we use E ink in place of LCDs in portable devices? I keep thinking that my IPod would be a perfect candidate for E Ink display technology. It's display has low volitility, and its low resolution. E Ink will be sharper than the current lcd in addition to adding to the battery life of the Ipod. I can't really see any constraints on using E Ink instead of LCD except perhaps for the lack of backlighting. I'm sure that they will be able to add color to E Ink as well, making it even more desirable to replace LCD in particular devices.
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I don't know how good your eyesight is, but you seem to be blind. Paper printing still has the best resolution BY FAR over any digital portal device. Why do you think paper printing is still in use today? If you look around at different technologies, many of them try to emulate paper printing quality. Isn't that the whole point of antialiasing technologies (cleartype). How many times have you put a book in your pocket? Can most paperback, nevermind hardbacks, fit in your pocket? You must have very big pockets if that is the case. Its obvious you didnt' look at the pictures of the device, because in reality it comparable to the size of a book, but its really paper thin. And speaking of battery life...hmmm, whats the battery life like on the Zaurus or th other Ebook readers? Is having AA batteries worse than having to recharge everyday?? All in all, I think you're completely missing the point of this device when you think the current EBook readers are better. I'll rather read a real book than use any of the devices now to read e text, but when this comes out in the US, you'll be sure that i'll be there to get one.
This seems to be a revolutionary technology to me. LCD display does not seem likely to be a viable, low cost solution for being THE uquibitous electronic display technology. The limitations that are holding it back in my opinion is its high power consumption and minimum size contraints. Other technologies today cannot handle the resolution. Its obvious that E Ink seems to be the perfect technology for ebook type devices, but why can't we take it a step further, and use it as displaying devices in general? Why can't we use E ink in place of LCDs in portable devices? I keep thinking that my IPod would be a perfect candidate for E Ink display technology. It's display has low volitility, and its low resolution. E Ink will be sharper than the current lcd in addition to adding to the battery life of the Ipod. I can't really see any constraints on using E Ink instead of LCD except perhaps for the lack of backlighting. I'm sure that they will be able to add color to E Ink as well, making it even more desirable to replace LCD in particular devices.