What's inside the evrit reader?
Meir Kriheli
meir at mksoft.co.il
Mon May 31 23:36:10 IDT 2010
On Monday 31 May 2010 21:06:36 geoffrey mendelson wrote:
> On May 31, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Elazar Leibovich wrote:
> > The main trick about the e-books that everyone seems to miss, is the
> > e-ink technology. From my own experience, the e-reader's screen is
> > much more comfortable to the eyes.
>
> e-ink is realtivley common and cheap. Last fall a US magazine had an e-
> ink cover. In order for the batteries to last long enough to be of any
> use, the finished magazines were stored and ship under refrigeration.
>
> It is very slow, you can't use them for watching video, and if you are
> a fast reader, you may find that the change is annoying if you "flip"
> pages.
>
> How comfortable and LED/LCD screen is depends upon how it i adjusted.
> Some LED screens are difficult to use or read. The one on my MSI Wind,
> is fine, even for many hours a day.
>
> Geoff.
Pixel Qi might be the answer, looks promising:
http://www.pixelqi.com/
Cheers
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Meir
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