Other e-reader platforms have followed suit, and that has allowed tablet owners to continue enjoying digital books, provided they don't mind giving up the paper -
like eInk display of a dedicated e-reader.
Companies
like eInk / PVI, Qualcomm, and Pixel Qi are trying out eInk and multi-mode screens in various areas — smart phones, smart watches, tablets, displays.
It will still be fine for reading — just not as good as dedicated reading devices
like the eInk Kindles.
The only viable alternatives for print are reflective displays
like eink which unfortunately are being ignored by the market in a breathtaking example of short - sighted decision making and insufficient investment in research and development.
Notice how the Kindle pages have been greyed - out, perhaps to make it look more
like the eInk pages of the Kindle itself.
For best all - around versatility and ability to do everything I'm looking for a 7in tablet seems to fit, instead of getting a dedicated ereader
like an eInk device and a separate netbook for web surfing with gaming & videos.
Not exact matches
Because of the constraints of MOBI7 styling, in Pressbooks, we swap out all the nice styling from our EPUB / KF8 formats for a generic «try your best not to look
like total crap» output... which is all you can hope for on old
eink Kindles.
I think that, the promoter might dislike reading a book in
eink reader, and
like just new electric machine or electric etc..
Wow, a bigger screen with color
eink is exactly what I'd
like to see for the near future.
The Kindle is
eink which is
like reading on paper.
I would
like to have an inexpensive 7 ″ e-reader with
eink or encarta, as I have noticed that a lot of PDFs are easier to read on a 7 ″ screen.
eInk reader sales are going down because people are using an app on high resolution tablets
like the iPad.
With Kobo Aura HD just
like the Kindle Paperwhite the
eink display, which is a reflective display, that is does not have own light source, placing a capacitive layer and a front light film layer causes clarity loss by upto 20 %.
What I would
like to do is open up the Dasung Paperlike 13.3 ″ and see what SoC /
eink display they use to get the animations shown.
I really
like to sit in my truck and read so the
eInk is the best.
When this yotaphone trend will be «tabletized» company
like Samsung and Apple etc will invest milions in
eink kinda technologies and
eink with color will go in production (
eink last but tablet not... so the cycle of life of the product will be shorter).
I would
like to see what this looks
like on an
eink screen.
Maybe its the combination of the lighting layer with the
eink — kind of
like when sony put front light on the prs - 600 and the screen felt blury (they never put front light in any of their ereaders since then, probably they can't get the by tech right).
One feature I would really
like is a flexible
eInk display.
The top benefit of a dedicated ereader
like the 2011 Kindle or Kobo eReader Touch is an
eink screen this looks completely different to an LCD screen, and functions differently too.
Few manufacturers of
eink readers have demonstrated an understanding of what an ereader should be
like as well as Kobo has with this device.
Text on the iPad 3 looks
like glowing paper, and would finally give
eink a run for its money if
eink weren't so superior when in direct sunlight.
I would also
like more phones with
eInk displays because they are the best in the daytime when I am active.
I could upgrade to an 8 ″
eInk ereader with better electronics and higher resolution because I
like epaper so much.
All we need to connect the dots is a slap on plug»n' play
eink screen and a carefully selected device of your
liking (something lightweight for me).
Let the customer figure out what they need / want instead of having to work around limitations placed by
eink, selling rigid glass sheets with odd sizes
like 6 ″, and the never here flexible 13.3 ″ for bucket loads of cash.
Another big change was the Contrast, it has been severely upgraded, the new Kobo Wireless eReader uses 16 - greyscale, 6»
eInk screen which looks and reads
like paper, with no glare, even in bright sunlight.
It looks
like they managed to control better the way the
eInk micro encapsulated droplets are coming together because if you look closely at continuous black surfaces, they have a more uniform coverage while in the case of older generation
eInk devices the coverage has more gaps.
You'll get a good idea of what it all looks
like on an
eink grayscale screen.
Welll color me surprised you guys actually gave it a fair shot, though I think reviewing PDF's
like manuals and maps in this day of age on an
eink reader is insanely outdated since even your smartphone will handle rendering these types of PDF's insanely better.
9) I do
like the relatively smooth transition of the white cover to the
eink screen.
It looks
like it should be better for reading than iPad (with anti-reflection coated screen) and better for web browsing than dedicated
eInk readers
like Kindle.
Like Nook 1 the Sony Readers support library books and ePub and unlike Nook 1 they sport
eInk Pearl screens.
We've reached this magical point where people either claim LCD is just as good for reading as
eInk (the common justification being you can't read
eInk in the dark — guess it's too much
like a book) or they just don't mention the readability of the screen.
And we could be totally wrong, but we can't think of any way that Amazon could layer an announcement
like a new Kindle phone or, say, the acquisition of Spotify AB on top of the aforementioned items without totally losing focus on its various Fire,
eInk, and Prime announcements.
He,
like many other journalists, feels that «it remains to be seen» whether
eInk is better than LCD for reading.
However, it is not a big jump
like the jump from Kindle 2 (normal
eInk) to Kindle 3 (
eInk Pearl).
The benefit of an
eInk screen is that it reads
like paper, and it uses less battery power compared to LCD screens.
Reading on
eInk is just
like reading on paper — painless.
In the absence of solid proof that LCDs are just as good as
eInk when it comes to reading LCD lovers will just have to accept that a lot of people don't
like reading on LCD screens, that they experience real eye strain when reading on LCD screens, and for them
eInk is much better than LCDs.
One thing though, I read mostly at night and I would love something
like the new Nook to have some kind of illumination of some kind with the
eink.
The 1024 x 768 plastic
eInk display looked really sharp and was a pleasure to look at as text popped of the screen
like bold letters typed onto paper.
At present, the eReader market is dominated by two screen technologies: the grayscale
eInk displays found on the Kindle and a few others and the color LCD panels you'll see on devices
like the Nook Color.
Flexible
eInk screens are being made — why not make them foldable in any way — just
like paper.
Once you install it, find it after it's installed, and figure out how to download and view your book with it, you must inspect it carefully to find mistakes on all of the devices (
like the different
eInks, the different Fires, and the iPad and iPhone).
I now wonder if people will find it better to just go with something
like a dedicated Nook, Kobo eReader, or Amazon Kindle
eInk device.
We received quite a few replies from readers but one of the more interesting ones said they'd
like to have apps
like Flipboard, Zite and Pulse on their
eInk device.
So why aren't there apps
like this on
eInk devices?
But if they're planning to have a color
eInk device sit between the Touch and the Fire it seems
like they're splitting hairs.
Sure,
eInk is great in the sun, but as I
like to say, if it's a sunny day I'd rather be doing something other than sitting around reading!