At first thought, an e-ink smartphone sounds like a terrible idea. Ugh, all that lag. But think about the light weight, low cost, and insane battery life, and you can see why eInk, the company behind the screen in Nooks and Kindles, is pushing its new prototype phone hard. More »
quite as much (hopefully)? I have an HP Pavillion laptop pc. It seems like it should at least be theoretically possible to make it less hurtful on my eyes. E-ink, e-paper, whatever? I'm also positive it comes on some netbooks these days.
Also is it true that Kindle screens are better long...
which screen is easier on your eyes. I know that the ipad is in colour and is close to being a fully functional laptop where the kindle is just your average book. But I am interested in finding out about the screen. I herd online that it flickers when it refreshes? is this true and is it...
For some reason I'm skeptical that the one thing keeping newspaper readers from switching to E-Ink readers is the form factor, but that doesn't make this semi-transparent E-Ink newspaper display concept any less cool. More »
If you saw the iPad and said "Yes!" but then heard that it had an LCD screen and said "No!," Yinlips is making the clone for you: their iPad lookalike has an E-Ink screen.
Okay, it's not color and it won't run any of those apps you cherish so much, but if you like the form factor of the iPad...