EB710 e-reader rocks an LCD, intriguing user interface
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Lol with SenseUI widgets?
@Evan Thats what I though.
@Evan
Yeah I think HTC won't find the UI "intriguing", so much as "infringing" perhaps
@Evan
E-INK: Making people think LCDs make your eyes hurt since 2009.
Im sure you are all in pain reading engadget on your computer screen. its so painful!
@account5
Now here's a perfect example of you trolling (and feeling the need to get your comment near the top). You responded to a comment that has NOTHING to do with what you're saying...and notably, what you're saying is clearly inflammatory.
Get a life dude.
@account5 lol. Well this prototype looks bedazzling, although I'm still waiting for that thinnest e-reader on earth, they called 'Skiff' during the CES. http://j.mp/best-thinnest-ereader-concept
@Evan UI looks more like iPhone's than Android.
Wow, that looked futuristic at first because I didn't see the white part in the back, It looked like a flat sheet.
@wemustcontrolpeople I saw the same /thing at first. I was wondering where the hell they could fit a usb port on the sheet.lol. that would have been awesome though
I would still rather an eink display for reading books :-/
@tomer
That's because you probably haven't heard of the iPad.
What you see above is another futile attempt of competing with the iPad. There are good Android devices out there, but can any of them be the next iPad. Sorry, NO.
@browserspot Guess what? I've heard of the iPad and I would still prefer reading books on an eink screen.
@browserspot for people that buy the device to read E-ink will be hands down the winner..... The ipad is a toy, like a gameboy for people my age even I admit it, not saying it's a bad product just obviously meant for it's apps so dont bother comparing it to an e reader.
@browserspot
I've heard of, and used the iPad. I prefer e-ink for reading over LCD screens, and I prefer open policies over Apple's Information Purification Directive.
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@tomer
Because you love 16 shades of gray?
@gerrrg Maybe because I don't care what colour it is as long as it is legible?
@gerrrg
Are you so stupid that you require colour and pop ups when you are reading books?
@BrianH He is not after an ebook reader, he is after a fashion accessory to show off at starbucks.
Apparently he is still reading books that have colored big letters... His kindergarten book would be magical on an iPad though.
@Mr w00t Haha......a crApple MAXiPad.
@Mr w00t Ever hear of magazines? They're all in color... This is why color screens beat out the eink displays.
@jf79
Ever read books? Or newspapers? Still black and white.
Magazines are in color to sell addspace for womens hygiene products.
@jf79
Ever LOOKED at a magazine? Last time I checked, they're not backlit.
@tomer
e-ink - making people think LCD screens make your eyes hurt since 2009.
@Old fogie late bloomer
ever read on a computer screen? last time i checked, they ARE backlit, and noones eyes have bled yet.
@account5 I guess its different for different people but if I stare at my screen for too long (usually an hour or two) I find I have to take a little break for a few minutes because of the glare. + If with a tablet your gonna have the screen much closer than when your sitting at a desk so the effect will obviously be worse.
@jf79 Magazines? Show me magazine content you can't get for free on the internet?
@tomer If you're having problems with glare from an LCD screen. I suggest you turn the brightness down a bit.
Personally I think an e-reader should focus on a good reading experience, good display and - if possible - cheap pricing so that its available for everyone. In my opionion widgets and stuff like that dont fit in such a device. We got phones, netbooks and other devices for that part. But actually it looks very cool ;)
This E-Reader looks pretty slick, but I think that people may suffer from eye strain if they read to long with this thing.
Also, my picture isn't changing on this site. Why is that?
The headline would make better sense if you replaced "intriguing" with "craptastic".
as long as Ipad is also craptastic I agree with you 100%
and "craptastic" is indeed "futuristic" when compared to StupidUglyIdioticCrapPhone7
Looks like an HTC device, running TouchSense2... based on the UI which appears to focus on time and weather.
iPhone and Sense had a baby!
Very interesting interface
It's vaporware,,,,
fake
Repeating the myth, that reading off LCD displays hurts your eyes, over and over, doesn't make it true.
@HansImGlueck No, repeating it doesn't make it true but it's still true nonetheless.
LCD? Not an e-reader.
at a glance looks like android and iphone cpmbined
@HAWKZ That's kind of what I was thinking. Similar layout of an iPad/iPhone, but with the Sense UI Clock up top... very interesting, imo.
@Ambient80: I'm sure you meant "similar layout to Palm OS, with Sense UI on top", right? Or did Apple suddenly invent the 4 x 4 icon grid 10 years Palm did...
@Alan Strangis The Newton had the icon grid way before Palm used the idea.
Reading on an LCD is fine. Yes, reading text on an LCD for 3+ hours can cause eye strain, but honestly, I don't read in that big of chunks. I'll read for a half hour or 45 minutes before bed, maybe for a half hour at lunch at work, 25 minutes on the train ride home, etc. For my pattern of reading, LCD > e-Ink. I played with a Nook in BN yesterday and was astonished at how long it took to switch pages, honestly. It was a good .75-1 second. I guess I'll stick to my iPad for for reading for the time being.
A price of less than 100$ or even better less than 80$ is the only thing that could convince me to read anything for more than 15 minutes on a lcd at that close a distance.
E-ink is just so much better than anything lcd that only an extreme price difference could convince me.
That's also why I think the ipad totally failed in this regard. No lcd, not even an ips panel, is currently any kind of competition to a decent e-ink screen.
Wait, Engadget thinks that this LCD is not good for reading, but iPad's IPS is?
I thought that IPS tech brings better viewing angles and more vivid colors.
I really hope they improve on the colors on this thing. I have no intentions on buying it but for those who do might be lost in the early stages of computers when displays used bright colors.
Wow its been slow at engadget... its to the point they have to bring out the backup stories.
here's the manufacturers link
http://www.nseco.com/a/en/product/ebook/2009/1214/57.html