Amazon Kindle first hands-on

Original post: click here

Subscribe to these comments

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neutral

-Z- @ Nov 19th 2007 10:52AM

I don't get why they couldn't backlight this. Or costs $400. Maybe if it had a bigger screen with backlight I'd pay $10 for books I already own.

Neutral

Chris @ Nov 19th 2007 12:00PM

E-ink does not need a backlight darn it. Thats the whole point.

Neutral

I think the problem is that eInk doesn't even support backlightning - the screen itself is opaque.

I agree that this is something they should work - forget color eInk for all I care, but make the backlight-compatible...

Add your comments

New Users

Name

E-mail

Current Users

E-mail:

Password

Remember Me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

replying to thread #8763863

Add your comments:

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Please note that gratuitous links to your site are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments. And yes, comments are moderated.