http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/ Engadget Comments for Delta Electronics to ship 13.1-inch color e-readers by Q2 2010 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/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/I would rather not see that on the HP tablet, and it come from a much more awesome company, like ASUS!]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
While I am sure that Darren was noting the Apple Tablet in his remarks, I think the death of E-Ink will be due to the Pixel Qi display tech. And yes I know Engadget is freaking out about the Apple Tablet, but they are also flipping shit over that Pixel Qi display.

E-Ink chose today because they are gasping for air. ]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/The best solution is to create a table like the HP Slate, and on the back of it, have an e-ink display for reading books.
Why bother?
Well e-ink uses less energy than a capacitive or resistive screen.
It is also supposedly less strain on the eyes, and trust me, it should make a big difference.
This way you have both in one package. ]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Yes, e-ink is easier on the eyes. It has to do with the pixel pitch and dpi. While most screens have ~100-150 dpi paper has something like 800. Its actually easier for the eyes to focus on the higher dpi of the paper (and likewise e-ink). This has been proven in many studies. Refresh rate also plays a role of course, but not as much I believe.]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Have a screen on the back? So, no matter how careful you are, you can successfully get the screens scratched in a matter of hours?

I'd rather prefer the Microsoft Courier approach.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Finally if you want you could have just a cover that switches over. When you use the E-Reader with e-ink, you move the cover over the tablet screen, when you use the tablet, you move the hard cover over the e-reader screen.
This cover would be thin but of good quality to prevent scratches.
This would make the dual screen much thinner and easier to handle than the Courier.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.gammadynamics.net/index.html
Liquid Epaper tech.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
... what?

19" 1280x1024 is 86dpi, and a 17" is 96dpi
24" 1920x1200 is 94dpi, and a 26" is 87dpi

Granted, that's somewhat close to the low end of your scale (100-150), and generally speaking laptop screens have higher pixel densities, i.e.

13.3" 1366x768 is 118dpi, 14" is 112dpi, 15" is 104dpi

... but only a few small screens get anywhere near the high end of your estimate. As for e-ink, the pixel density is nowhere NEAR 800dpi; a 5" screen with 800x600 resolution (typical for a small reader) has 200dpi, and the pixels are hardly invisible if you look closely. There's nothing revolutionary about a black and white screen with 200dpi resolution, either, since technically color screens have 3x the stated pixel density in one or the other dimension.

I like e-ink, don't get me wrong, and I'm not trying to bust your nuts, but... yeah, 200dpi is about where e-ink is. And I imagine that the effective pixel density on color displays will be even lower, since every version I've seen uses RGB sub-pixel triplets.]]>Jan 27th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
epic facepalm.]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
I knew that was going to be a new meme from the tech blogs!

They know that Apple's device will be way to pricey compared to e-readers ( a competitor to whatever e-book functionality that tablet has), which do what they do as well as can be done.

Soooo, how do you tell people that those devices are now insufficient? Well set an artificial bar saying that they need internet access, e-mail, games, and movies + music...or whatever else Apple's tablet (Note not a e-ink reader) will do.

Little advice for e-book reader manufacturers from a certain Rebel Alliance general: "IT'S A TRAP!"

Dont try to do what this thing does because then the tech blogs will beat you over the head claiming that you will never be as good as Apple's "Ebook reader". No mater what you produce, they will ALWAYS rule it insufficient.

I'm telling you, they are setting you up.




]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Again, these E-Ink dudes picked today to say when this stuff will role out. They did it because of the Apple Tablet. I'm not going to hype the tablet because it will most definitely be a niche device. They did choose today for some last resort reason.

Regardless of Apple, E-Ink is dead in the water because there are better technologies out there. E-Ink will not be able to compete as a tech within the year. Mirasol and Pixel Qi are going to kill the idea of a standalone E-Reader. They have the readability of E-Ink, but also have refresh rates that make video and all sorts of other things possible.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
errrrrrrrrrr..............no it isn't. If Apple are putting out a device on which I could realistically read a book on, then what you say stands......

......But they're not, so quiet!]]>Jan 27th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/I agree with you 100%.
With photo displays refresh rate is not a concern. Why use an LCD and consume that much energy when you could use e-ink?
Also I don't know if this technology is in already or not, but those photo frames should have some automatic shutoff during night.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
Count me in for this too. This would be far superior in almost every way when compared to a backlit TN panel with crap for viewing angles (and a picture display panel, viewed as it is from all sorts of angles, really needs better than TN technology). They're so obviously NOT a real photograph that it can be somewhat jarring, and... I don't know, it just kills it somehow. They're nice enough, but a good color e-ink display, subtly framed, would just be RIGHT. People would look at it like, "hey, nice photo... holy crap it changed!"]]>Jan 27th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 27th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/Jan 29th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/I am wondering what kind of screen apple is gonna have.
If it is mirasol or pixel qi or something else innovative then it will be fascinating.
If is just a 10 tablet with lcd and proprietary apple software with a very locked down interface then... meh... not soo much.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/delta-electronics-to-ship-13-1-inch-color-e-readers-by-q2-2010/
While there will be some fraction of people who want the kitchen sink, that does not mean the elimination of the category used by those who do not.
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This is what I've been waiting for. Hopefully they can put a price tag of under 200 on it...and I'm sold. I would only use this for magazines...so I dont need no pricey ipad for that.]]>Jan 27th 2010 11:05PM