RSSPrototype kits for bigger E-paper displays available now
By Tim Conneally | Published May 8, 2009, 5:48 PM
Now that the Kindle DX is available, the E Ink Corporation has made its 9.7" E-paper display prototype kit available to the public. E Ink's imaging technology is used in all commercial e-readers today.
E Ink's Broadsheet AM300 prototype kit is based around a Gumstix single-board CPU with a Marvell XScale PXA255 processor that runs at speeds up to 400 MHz. The unit is also equipped with a Bluetooth transceiver, MMC card reader, and USB and serial ports. It comes pre-configured to run as a simple 8-level greyscale e-book reader, but supports pen input, basic animation, windowing, and 16 greyscale levels. Before today, the AM300 was only available in the 6" screen size, such as the one on the Kindle 2.
The Broadsheet AM300 9.7" E-paper Prototype kit costs $4,000 and is available for pre-order now. Shipments are expected to begin on May 27.
I did not understand why the price is too high. even it is prototype.
It just like a simple Notebook (Old processor, with minimum capability). but why the price is too high.
even the Kindle, why it has NO WIFI. Not all people can use the free 3G connections. especially when it is overseas.
They need to make it better and also cheaper.
ask the China Manufacturer to produce it, and it can be as low as $ 150
-200 max
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|$4,000 and what does this do that the Kindle 2 doesn't? I would like an e-book reader for about $100, $150, that would be the sweet spot.
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|First off, Hellcat_M, you do understand what "prototype" means, right? Second, my 7 year old PocketPC can do something a Kindle can't: Display a PDF. And you know what? That's one reason why I would prefer it to a Kindle.
That thing is so locked down as to be absolutely useless, unless you want to buy grossly overpriced e-books from Amazon. Guess what, Amazon? I've got thousands of PDFs of academic papers, free books, plus tons of stuff from Gutenburg and other similar material. Any device that doesn't let me just throw all those on it and instantly read them isn't worth box it comes in to me.
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|The Kindle DX DOES support PDFs.
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