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e-readers are amazing!
Scandanavian War Machine:
good luck!
definitely let us know what you think of it, i'd love to hear some trusted reviews of things besides Kindles for my own future reference if and when my Kindle eventually craps out
Toba:
I like the dedicated reading nature of my Kindle because I end up reading instead of the 9000 distractions that I would have on a computer or tablet.
Also: e-ink \o/
Scandanavian War Machine:
e-ink is so fucking awesome
it's hard to understand exactly how awesome it is until you are actually looking at it with your own eyes
imagist42:
I really hope they develop color e-ink soon because I really want the new tablet-esque readers but don't want to deal with the disadvantages of an LCD screen.
LTK:
There is actually a method of combining e-ink with a coloured overlay, but apparently no one uses it because it effectively halves the screen resolution, reduces brightness and makes colors look washed-out. I came across this article(from 2009) about it. The fact that two years later, neither the Nook Color or the Kindle Fire uses color e-ink, indicates that they don't have high hopes for it.
When you think about it, it's actually a bit strange that, with all of recent history's amazing technical advancements, no one managed to make a quality color display that you can comfortably read in the sunlight so far. I think that's the first time I've seen an indication of the physical limitations of consumer electronics.
Coincidentally, this article about uses of e-ink outside of e-readers just popped up. An e-ink-based dynamic camouflage pattern, whaaaaaat.
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