Killing two birds with one stone, crazy idea?
Two of my favorite gadgets are the PlayBook and my Kindle, and as much as I love the PB and as good as the screen is, it's no match for the Kindle's e-ink screen in daylight, especially in direct sunlight.
So that's why I think a future PlayBook should have an e-ink screen on the back. As far as I can tell the Kindle screen is pretty tough.
What do you think? Good or crazy idea :)
Killing two birds with one stone, crazy idea?
A few years ago, I was telling my colleagues I will buy a blackberry tablet with e-ink display in a heartbeat if it let me read emails and documents on a big and comfortable-to-look-at screen. I knew it would not happen, and it did not, because the mass market want color for media consumption. RIM was not crazy enough like Nikon was rolling out a professional film camera F6 in 2004 when everyone knew films had no future as mainstream photography. I bought a F6 by the way.
I sincerely hope you are right this time and again I will buy in a heartbeat. If you are crazy, so am I.
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Re: Killing two birds with one stone, crazy idea?
Attempted two years ago by the Notion ink Adam. Tried and failed. But the idea may still be valid, the Adam failed because of execution primarily.
Re: Killing two birds with one stone, crazy idea?
It would be interesting if they included the PixelQi or Mirasol display, although PixelQi is the more versatile of the two.
PixelQi sort of combines eInk and LCD screens into one screen, with a way to toggle between the two. So, when you go outdoors, you can switch modes and it turns off the back light. The main question is how good is the LCD?
Mirasol is similar to eInk, but in color. I'm not sure if they have a way to back light it, though.
Killing two birds with one stone, crazy idea?
I own a kindle, it has 3G capabilities and all, thinner than a 9900
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