http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/ Engadget Comments for Bridgestone announces flexible touchscreen color e-reader 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/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 28th 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
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"The predecessors of Bridgestone began making diversified products[10] in the 1930s, soon after they started making tires. Today, Bridgestone diversified operations encompass automotive components, industrial products, polyurethane foam products, construction materials, parts and materials for electronic equipment, bicycles and sporting goods. Diversified business generates about one-fourth of total sales in the Bridgestone Group.
Automotive parts are an especially large line of business for Bridgestone in diversified operations. Bridgestone supply automakers with vibration-isolating components, such as engine mounts. Bridgestone also supply air springs for trucks, automobiles and train carriages. Bridgestone market aluminium wheels and other automotive accessories, too."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone#Diversified_products]]>Oct 28th 2009 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/I will be anxious to see what the contrast, etc turns out to be.
I would much prefer a larger size such as this to all these paper-back sized readers.
If it all tests out well then this should be not too different from reading an actual magazine or text book.
Brilliant !

re: bendy ... I think it's nice. Probably able to keep it thinner without worrying about stressing items not engineered to be bent.
With most things in life - flexibility is often stronger than rigidity.
As for writing on it when I need to.. I'll equip it with a $1.79 clip board from staples for those moments.]]>Oct 27th 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
Also I'm a lot more excited about the color aspect than I am about the flexible aspect... not sure how I feel about that. If it's rigid, it serves as its own clipboard, whereas if it's flexible and you're doing a fair amount of annotating, things could get pretty annoying if it keeps bending away from your stylus.]]>Oct 27th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/]]>Oct 27th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
Regarding the 0.8 second refresh time -- I hope it doesn't need to 'flash' to clear the screen the way that e-ink does. A 1.6 second page turn would be bad. Even without it, this will require them to rethink menus (nook approach?) cause it'll be slow for interactive stuff.]]>Oct 27th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/It's not the same thing if I can bend that thing a little or if the edge of something hits the
screen with all the mass of the object concentrated to a single point - I highly doubt that
the screen can resist that, although it would be great if it could...]]>Oct 27th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
Fortunately, it is much easier to read then the old "reflective" lcd screens on the original Palm PDA's, so the absence of backlighting isn't an issue. Unless you like to read books in bed before you fall asleep. With the lights off. Which I do.]]>Oct 27th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
most of you probly wont remember that one.]]>Oct 27th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 27th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Bridgestone owns Firestone since 1988 you genius]]>Oct 27th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/Oct 30th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy

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