[Eug-lug] Sony Ebook with Electronic Paper display

Bob Miller kbob at jogger-egg.com
Tue Nov 7 15:24:11 PST 2006


Mike Cherba wrote:

> My brother pointed this one out to me.  The reader from what I gather
> runs Linux under the hood, so hacking it should be fairly
> straightforward.  The only Negative is the price.  They want $350 for
> it.  If it was $150 I'd have already bought one.  The bottom link is the
> company that makes the displays.  I have been wondering when we'd see
> this technology come to market.

Keep in mind that the display is very slow.  It takes 1.5 seconds to
paint the screen.

-- 
Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com


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