Survey of Current E-Readers Liza Daly Keith Fahlgren Three ways - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Survey of Current E-Readers Liza Daly Keith Fahlgren

Three ways to segment e-readers: e-ink

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What is e-ink?

Electronic ink is made up of very tiny capsules of electrically-charged pigments. 100,000 of these capsules fit in a single square inch, providing high resolution. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iliahi/2606645766/

Full-size image of Amazon Kindle screen

Sony Reader PRS-505 Amazon Kindle

ECTACO jetBook Amazon Kindle

Amazon Kindle Apple iPhone

Electronic ink refresh

Electronic ink refresh

Electronic ink refresh

Electronic ink requires power only during these page turns. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_a_dickinson/2981053795/

Electronic ink requires This translates to long power only during these battery life, especially page turns. relative to color PDAs and phones. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_a_dickinson/2981053795/

Readability High cost + Slow refresh Battery life Black & white Specialty device

What’s it like to buy an ebook? vs.

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Hardware Show & T ell

Plastic Logic

Thanks! Liza Daly Keith Fahlgren liza@threepress.org keith@oreilly.com