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26 Responses to “Transistors build on plastic – Plastic Logic Reader”

1. 
   kudlatygosc Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 10:09 am

   They said it would be cheap. In preorder it costs 649 or 799$ depending on memory size. So who might want that, if one can get sony or amazon readers for 30% of that price?

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   davefox72 Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 10:12 am

   This is just too complicated, fragile, and expensive to be used as a windshield wiper. Soft rubber works best without giving that “squeak squeak” of cheaper wipers. The ability to display books and magazines also, l think, would make distracted drivers of us all. Especially during rain. Has anyone even addressed if this technology is waterproof? Or how it wipes glass in the snow?

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   olakunde Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 10:47 am

   I want one.

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   ciccillopazz Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 11:22 am

   I do not understand whether it is possible to write notes on the text somehow…

5. 
   propercupofcoffee Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 11:37 am

   @dancingmaxxie

   I think you can do that with the iRex iLiad ereader.

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   dancingmaxxie Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 12:05 pm

   I would buy this in an instant, for pretty much any price, if it came with the ability to actually write documents so I can take notes on it during lectures…
   Unfortunately both with this and the Kindle DX that doesn’t seem to be an ability even though they both have keyboards. I don’t quite understand why that isn’t a priority.

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   MrDefaulto Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

   It definitely crashes, but the emulator part was simply showing examples on the big projection screen, it doesn’t look like it had anything to do with the device crashing.

   I noticed thought that there were at least two very visible lines running through the longer side of the device. At 0:30 when it switches from EASY to the logo you can really see it.

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   MrDefaulto Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 1:46 pm

   Two things about this, the Sony 700 has touch screen capabilities, but it dramatically lowered the contrast. I wonder how the contrast is on this one.

   Also, where is COLOR? Color e-ink has been around for years, but we only see glimpses of it at japanese trade shows, never for sale.

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   roadblockwaite Says:
   March 18th, 2010 at 2:37 pm

   noway, they wouldnt survive. it might be released at 700USD or somethign ridiculous, but it will drop. $1000 in actual books is a lot of books…no one would pay that

10. 
    Heinomaniac Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    it will cost over 1000USD i fear

11. 
    mlutfi Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    I will definitely buy this one if the price tag is about the same as Kindle2. I don’t like the Kindle because the screen is too small, to many keys on the front, ugly reading pdf, not able to read word/excel/ppoint files.

12. 
    nickorization Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    Well, you can see by the example that they are not going for people who want to read a book but for business people…
    If they really want to compete with Kindle, they could make one a bit smaller and faster with turning pages, that would be amazing (the technology seems to be really paper-like, which is probably the best I’ve ever seen)

13. 
    Chumandoo3 Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Guy was pretty boring and this technology seems more cosmetic than practical.

14. 
    airerik Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    This is pretty cool, but I think it’s going to have a huge price tag. Can they even mass produce these? This device crashes at about 1:16. When he shows the annotations, he shows it on some PC emulator and not the device itself.

15. 
    gjms Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    I’m shedding tears of pain cause this reader would’ve helped me a lot during the writing of my phd.

16. 
    gberredo Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    students, say goodbye to your schoolbags! I hope to see this product available on the market.

17. 
    j0y0y0 Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Hitchhiker guide to the galaxy?

18. 
    pietrosperoni Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    The most silly thing they could do at this point is to sell it for too much. If it costs 200$ or 300$ it will be a huge hit. Everybody will use it, and they will make tons of money and dominate the market. Like the Ipod. They are obviously better than everybody else in the market. But if they sell it for too much will be like the mac pre osx. Nice but too costly. And then others will copy the idea and they will have lost their opportunity.

19. 
    Kl4pp5tuhl Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    Plastic Logic Reader

    + Every Encyclopedia
    + Survival Handbooks
    + “Don’t Panic” In Red Letters on the back

    = ?

20. 
    Kl4pp5tuhl Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    Me too! I’ll take two!

    Wait, I only need one now for all books! Awesome!

21. 
    Goaxer Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    I need this one.

22. 
    GermanExceptionalism Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Business-targeted readers also come with business-sized price tags. Though Plastic Logic won’t yet reveal the price for its device, iRex says its basic reader will start at $650. (By contrast, Kindle sells for $360.) Adding a writable screen to the iRex reader will cost another $100, and equipping it with wi-fi, Bluetooth and a 3G cell connection for downloading documents will raise the price to $850.

23. 
    egaateacher Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Viva la conciencia ecológica del hombre… una solución para tanta destrucción de árboles…

24. 
    ondjima Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    hope its affordable unlike the kindle

25. 
    ducles Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    That´s the way. Very interesting.

26. 
    Large Plastic Storage Boxes Says:
    March 26th, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    Can you provide more information on this? best regards

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