First Consumer E-Ink Device
Sony’s LIBRIé ebook reader appears to be the first consumer device on the market with an honest-to-goodness e-ink display. The device retails for about ¥41,790 ($380), has a 170dpi high-contrast black-and-white display from E Ink/Philips, and can display 10,000 pages on 4 AAA batteries. I’m hoping that this means that widespread availability of e-ink for device displays (and my company’s signage work) is right around the corner. More coverage here.
Update: Some first impressions are up. Screen is impressively readable (though very slow to refresh), UI is mediocre, DRM sucks. Interestingly, it’s built on embedded Linux, and therefore some of the source code is downloadable.
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