http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
Sure I'd love to have one, but if they mashed the 2 together into some glorious, full-color, wireless, internet-connected, wonder-device, it's definitely NOT going to be priced for the everyman.

P.S. And for all those whose brains instantly went there: Turn that Everyman into a BEVERYMAN!!! BEVERY stands for BEVERAGE!!!!]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Combine this with the demand and preexisting cost of the Kindle and you've got an expensive-ass E-book reader that can only do the few things that neither Amazon nor the eBook suppliers can find a excuse to sue and/or send C&Ds about.]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
what about me and my blue collar????????]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Who needs a color e-book reader for $1000 if you can get a decent notebook for that money?
Ah, yes, those people who buy Monster HDMI cables and fire-proof speakers and THX-certified doors...

Oh, wait, I can see another hope melted - hope for sub-$100 ebook readers with decent screen, no wifi, no mp3, no RSS, no web ect.]]>Mar 18th 2009 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
Reading from e-ink is supposedly far easier on the eyes over long periods of time than reading from LCD, plus I think it's also supposed to fair better in sunlight (though perhaps I'm thinking of something else). Also, you'd be hard pressed to find a notebook that lasts 40 hours on a single charge. Despite all that, I do agree with you about it being too expensive for the benefits, at least as far as it'd benefit me. I might consider it if it were about half the price since a lot of the books I would use it for have useful images (ala CG Tutorial), but the print versions often use B&W imagery, so they'd have to release the e-version in full color. Then again, most of my books I use just for reference so I'm not reading them for extended periods of time.

I guess color (at this price) would be desirable for business people who sift through a lot of documents with charts and graphs? Still, cool technology. ]]>Mar 18th 2009 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/I do agree that reading from e-paper is supposed to be easier for the eyes (it doesn't flicker). I also agree about having a long battery life but I have no problem with connecting it to a power source.

As for the price, the two main concerns I have about these e-books is that they're expensive and have small screens.
I would prefer A4-sized screens with high resolution (800x600 or higher).
And I would love to have them for a smaller price. Not because I don't want to shell out $300 for a e-book reader. Because I don't want to have ONE sheet of paper I am viewing documents on. I want at the very least two. But they're too expensive to buy even one, IMO.]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
juice springsteen!]]>Mar 18th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
Don't forget that many people read news on their ebook readers and color pictures would certainly enhance the article.]]>Mar 18th 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.ebookbank.jp/flepia/ep/top/ ), they already have a few of those kinds of books available.

Their selection is very sparse though, lack a lot of new titles and lack some big publishers. Hope some other company does tap into their tech, as like Japan's side of the Sony ebook reader I don't see these guys lasting very long.]]>Mar 18th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
I'm excited to see how this will evolve.]]>Mar 18th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Apr 4th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
Grammar police. Its annoying isnt it.]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
didn't*
It's*
isn't*]]>Mar 18th 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
He was trying to be helpful. You were trying to be snarky. :o]]>Mar 18th 2009 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Personally I'd type properly if you payed me, until then? no sir.
Although I don't think I do so bad with grammar... I'm just used to typing how I'd write.]]>Mar 18th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
For this product I wouldn't pay more than $250, MAYbe $300. $150 or less for the b&w Kindle. Hell, I'd pay engadget 100 buck just to stop talking about it.]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/ Why are ebook manufacturers so in love with tiny screens anyway? Is it because they have been so driven to build tiny phones, mp3 players, etc?
Of course, if you can put all your back issues of Playboy on an SD card for viewing on a color reader, you've got a winner of a product. This ain't it yet.]]>Mar 18th 2009 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/If they made them bigger than they'd no longer be convenient to carry around like the size a book.]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
If it costs $1,000 with a small screen, you could expect it to be in the $2,000 range if they doubled the screen size, or perhaps more (do e-ink screens have yield issues that increase with size like LCDs? because if so it could be more like $4,000).

This is pretty much the first of its kind, so the price is actually very reasonable. I'd be more concerned about the quality of the display. When it's showing b/w text, how does it compare to the quality (contrast, resolution) of the best current b/w e-ink displays? (Which already are not great in terms of contrast - paper's still a lot better.)

Even if this is as good contrast-wise as b/w e-ink, it probably won't be suitable for use as a photo frame unless you like your photos kind of washed out :) Should be good enough for photos in newspapers, diagrams in textbooks, etc though. And no doubt they will continue to improve the technology. (Probably very very very slowly like improvements in b/w e-ink...)



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At least, it's one reason. The other reason is that because it's so expensive, they aren't going to sell that many, so it'll have to be a high price for each individual one in order to turn a profit [or more likely, break even or not lose too much].]]>Mar 18th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Relax people, this is in Japan. They always have stuff we will never see, like blu-ray camcorders. We probably won't see this in the US for 5 to 10 years in the future, that is assuming that our economy survive. In the meantime, US consumers can enjoy cheap-ass plastic netbooks that only last 3 hours max on battery. Oh wait, we have the Kindle... but no, that's too expensive too. :P

Manga on the Kindle... Amazon, are you reading this?]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/Mar 18th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/fujitsu-melts-faces-and-wallets-with-flepia-the-first-color-e-b/
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