Kindle 3 is the latest generation
of eink device from Amazon.
The refresh rate
of eink devices is fairly slow.
Not exact matches
At night, I turn the brightness down all the way, and the Kindle app has an invert mode where it puts white on black background instead
of black on white background, so it's pretty dark, and I found that a pretty comfortable experience and certainly preferable to my previous way
of reading in the dark which was getting out a little AA battery — powered book light that I had to clip onto my Kindle — which seemed so backward that you have to have a second electronic
device attached to your first electronic
device — but [the]
eInk screen on the Kindle doesn't light itself.
But, for a variety
of reasons, some people want an
eink device.
I think that would help to put a lot
of people's minds at ease since a lot
of the apps out there will not function properly on the various
eink devices currently running older versions
of Android.
yes,
eink lasts a lot longer, but this will be more a professional
device than a casual
device and as such battery life
of a day is sufficient in most use scenarios.
No one, at the time
of the publication
of your article, has shipped a color
EInk device.
Yes,
eink screens are better on the eyes, but you're asking me to pay a lot
of $ $ $ for a
device that can ONLY read static content?
Our first CES 2010 post
of the day is the press release by Spring Designs
of their new
eInk / LCD combo eBook reading
device, The Alex. The
device features a 6 - inch
eInk screen at 600 × 800 resolution and a 3.5 - inch LCD display with a 320 × 480 resolution.
Key features include the Android OS and wireless connectivity to surf the internet, listen to music, or watch video on the LCD screen portion
of the
device while reading on the
eInk screen above.
Nook 1 was built up by the Press as the most amazing
device ever — a combination
of LCD and
eInk.
Few manufacturers
of eink readers have demonstrated an understanding
of what an ereader should be like as well as Kobo has with this
device.
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).
student sale for such a limited
device in terms
of intuitivity, when there is only one reason to buy it - the
eink screen.
• Anyway I'm still going to buy one when it (finally) comes to market in USA — the new
device appears to be the most polished piece
of eInk «paper» we're likely to see for years to come.
Lol Jake... the Sony DPT - RP1 and the ReMarkable
devices are as good as
eInk gets... your expectations are unrealistic and betray your lack
of understanding
of how
eInk works.
We know that, unlike the LCD screens, with
eInk based
devices you are out
of luck in the dark.
There are «millions»
of apps which will install and work on an
eink device running Android 4.0.4?
I find the interesting is Kindle is a dedicated reading
device & owners convert quickly to the ease, convenience and the ability
of its
eInk screen to display is well l in sunlight.Thanks for this review.
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.
There may be millions
of Android apps out there, but it's unlikely that the vast majority
of them would work on your
device or on any other
eink device running Android 4.0.4
You don't have to buy the premium tier top
of the line
device to read and folks have been bitching about them not innovating at all with
eInk Kindles lately.
The media queries make a lot
of sense with Amazon essentially bifurcating their offerings into plain vanilla Kindle files for the
eInk devices and enhanced multi-media and fixed layout offerings in KF8.
This guide covers the absolute basics
of how to view them and how you can copy a file over to your
device, how to send it wirelessly and how you can set up your
eink screen for more optimum reading.
Amazon wants to ramp up production
of 9.7 ″
eInk screens for a dual screen LCD +
eInk device.
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.
And there are plenty
of other possibilities, including even the possibility
of a dual screen tablet /
eInk combo, but we'd rather see Amazon focus on making each
of these very different
devices, as well as the Kindle phone that will surely follow, as good as it can be.
There are some good reasons for Amazon to stay focused on the Kindle — The Kindle Tablet can't hit the $ 100 or even the $ 200 mark, hardcore readers want dedicated eReaders, LCD can't touch
eInk when it comes to battery life or readability, 80 %
of book sales are to 20 %
of the people buying books and those people want dedicated reading
devices.
Despite Bezos» insistence that he doesn't need his customers on the «upgrade treadmill», Amazon released an upgrade to pretty much every single one
of their
devices, including two new Kindle Fire tablets and the predicted backlit
eInk reader.
As with those trailblazing computers, the
eInk devices are still capable
of displaying your picture beautifully — just not in color.
Improved CSS We've made some tweaks to PressBooks CSS files, which improve certain things, particularly: paragraph indenting (or not) on Kindle
eink devices, and handling
of images & floats.
How much
of the Kindle's success is due to the instant delivery, cheaper prices, and the service; as opposed to the
device itself and the
eInk technology.
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).
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.
While there, they discovered the prototype
of an oddly familiar
eInk device.
eInk dies while tablets reign — It's no secret that sales
of dedicated e-reading
devices, mostly featuring the
eInk display technology, are fading.
One
of those
devices (from Ectaco) featured a color
eInk display.
Perhaps you aren't aware that there are dozens, if not hundreds,
of apps («Active Content») for Kindle
eink devices, and new ones show up continuously.
Nook Color is a great
device that misses out on the two things that most make eReaders like books —
eInk and a lack
of distractions.
If they'd drop their damn mutant DRM, I think sales would soar — and so would their eBook sales to owners
of other
eInk devices that use «standard» Adobe DRM.
IRex says it is on track to have a color version
of the
device by 2011, something that other vendors, which rely on technology from
eInk, a subsidiary
of Prime View International
of Taiwan, say is years away.
Oprah Winfrey ignited a new wave
of Kindle love when she devoted a show to the little
eInk gadget in late October 2008, and Amazon further cemented its dominant role with new Kindle models in early 2009 and mid-2010 and free apps that allow readers to «buy once, read anywhere» on any computer, smartphone or handheld
device.
The ability to annotate, highlight, and share one's thoughts with others have been limited in these
eink devices because
of the slowness in which
eink renders.
There's still a strong market for eReaders,
of course, as their
eInk displays and ridiculously long battery life are generally preferred by those who just want to read things on a tablet
device.
What the new development
of software platforms also tell me is that existing
eink devices can not support these software advancements and that the new generation
of digital book readers will exist, even in their dedicated
device forms, in something other than the linux based
eink devices that we know
of today.
This is a fairly basic
device featuring a six inch Pearl
eInk display with 800 x 600 resolution, 4 GB
of storage (expandable to 32 GB) and a 400 MHz processor.
The second
device is the Libro Lux which features the same Pearl
eInk display but this time with built in lighting, 4 GB
of storage (expandable to 32 GB) and a faster 600 MHz processor.
As with all
eInk technology there is still that kind
of photo negative look when turning pages (but this only happens when it refreshes every 6 pages), it is less noticeable on this
device as the page turns are faster than on other eReaders including the new Kindles.
I don't think the iPad is a Kindle killer (or dedicated
eink device) because I think the primary purpose
of the iPad is not long form narrative reading.
That said, it won't hold as much
of a charge as a typical
eInk device (i.e. Kobo, Sony, or the famous Kindle) which can generally hold a charge for reading for weeks (I've heard 2 - 3 weeks is typical, whereas mine lasts within about 1.5 weeks), whereas this would require (in typical conditions) daily charges.