http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/ 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/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/It's still the lowest price 9.7" e-ink display device (that I can think of anyway).]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/$380 is just about right...if it's made from real "PEARLS!"]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
380 is high but E Ink is the s#*!]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
I mean, come on! These people are not only saving on the paper, but also inventory (stockpiling). And all you do is give a Kindle owner a $1 off over a regular paper-book. Get serious!]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Unfortunately, the Kindle DX killer, aka the Notion Ink Adam, is still MIA.]]>Jul 1st 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/eInk is great man. you are crazy.

Is to read books not to play around with anything else.
Sunlight wont bather you, reflection (unlessit's a Sony) wont bather you.
Battery life goes for days, is NOT heavy, Is GOOD for your eyes unless any vga monitor that will only consume them.

Please don't compare an eReader with a tablet, they are meant for different things. And if you care for your eyes you wont read books on any VGS monitor. but if you keep doing it, I hope you remember this when your eye sight is burned some years in the future and think damm I have to use glasses or get that laser surgery. ]]>Jul 1st 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/I think that saying something is "The s#*" is a good thing, contrary to saying that something is just "s#*".]]>Jul 2nd 2010 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
Thank Apple (in part) for that. Several publishers have "renegotiated" post iPad.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
;)

Just saying, if they every release any devices that use it, it will spank the pants off of e-ink.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/The Engadget PDE will not be pleased by the pixel density either...]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
Print is 300 dpi, so it would make sense to have a 300dpi screen]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
However, that's black-and-white and not 16-colour, so e-ink compares slightly better. And I agree something like 300dpi would be perfectly fine for a screen like this, especially if they can do it in 16 (or even 8 or 4) shades.

(If you are really printing only black and white, 600dpi is fine; the higher resolutions are really there to make smoother halftones. A halftone screen producing greyscale images from that 2400dpi print might only be 150 lpi.)

I don't think dpi is the biggest concern - contrast (which they claim is improved) seems to me to be more important, along with update speed. But dpi increases would be nice.]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
I don't know what you do for a living, but I have never had a print shop ask me to format my AI, INDD, PDF or PS files in anything over 300dpi. Offset printing hasn't changed much since 1980 except for the advent of digital plates, some cool UV coatings, metallics, paper choices and embossing. Other than that, its still 300dpi to print the vast majority of stuff. What requires 2400dpi?]]>Jul 1st 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/that's right even most prints like bills exceed more than 600 dpi if you look at the super duper fine print magnification not visible to the eye]]>Jul 1st 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
I find that I far prefer reading on my nook than iPad but that's a personal decision.]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/The advantage of e-ink is 1) better on the eyes, 2) can read in direct sunlight, and 3) far better battery life.

The trade-off is a single-use device.]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
All depends on how much reading you plan to do. I read probably 2 hours/day on my DX.. I couldn't imagine reading that much on an LCD display.]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
FYI you can get the 6" on http://www.woot.com/ for $150, today only.. Not as low as your $100 but getting there!]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
Doh nvm, sold out..]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
It's not that LCDs (really backlit screens) actually hurt your eyes but that E-ink is just more relaxing and comfortable on your eyes. It may be the glare or maybe the complete absence of refresh, but my eyes just relax more when reading e-ink.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/ E-garbage. I mean ink. I'm not spending $189 to limit my color able eyes to black and white. It's like paying someone to have your Ferrari. No thanks.]]>Jul 1st 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/That "e-garbage" uses far less power and is more daylight readable than either LCD or AMOLED. To some people that is a very attractive proposition.]]>Jul 1st 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 1st 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
You must be a pathetic couch potato. Plenty of people get out to the beach or back yard to enjoy the sun and they aren't illiterates. Many people like to read while sunning themselves. How about you develop a bit more open mindedness??]]>Jul 1st 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/This new black model would be HOT in direct sunlight.]]>Jul 1st 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
I expected Amazon to lower the price a lot more than this. But, I guess they can now justify NOT lowering the price much by pointing to the new screen technology. 50% better contrast sounds cool, but hard to tell until we actually see it. I didn't think the current Vizplex screens were bad at all, so I expect to be totally satisfied by this new screen as well.

Am still hoping they lower the price of this baby by the time Kindle 3 arrives. Thanks again for bringing the news. You can see more of my comments on this news on my new post: http://ebookreader-ben.com/amazons-latest-kindle-dx-has-50-better-contrast-than-nook/]]>Jul 1st 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
Perhaps buyers will be kind enough to actually post pictures when their new DXs arrive.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/Jul 7th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/e-ink-explains-the-new-pearl-display-used-in-the-updated-kindle/
They already do (epub) just not on the Kindle.

I'm receiving my graphite DX tomorrow, however. Don't read a book a day so I can afford to buy from Amazon.]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:47PM