May
22
Amazon recently purchased Liquavista’s electrowetting display technology from Samsung. Amazon apparently tried to make the acquisition undercover but Nate the Great Detective at The Digital Reader ferreted it out.
Of the several reflective color displays I have seen, I have perhaps the fondest memories of Liquavista’s solution. I was a fan of Mirasol until I got to play with an actual ereading demo, which was rather disappointing. Liquavista’s display does not feature the bright and vibrant colors of a backlit LCD display, but rather reminds me of the colors of an older comic book. It resemble a printed color page better than most other reflective displays I have seen.
Does this mean that a color Kindle ereader using an electrowetting display is on the horizon? Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath, but with the technology now an Amazon property I think it has a much better chance of actually hitting store shelves, probably within the next couple of years. If and when it does I will be at the head of the line when Amazon starts taking orders.
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Next Issue continues to get better. Rolling Stone and Us Weekly have just been added to the all-you-can-eat digital magazine app. Both of these magazines are available in both the iOS and Android versions of the digital newsstand app. Access to Us Weekly, like other weeklies, requires the Premium tier subscription.
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The Google Play Books app has been updated and now allows users to upload their own PDF or ePub book files into the cloud and read them on all of their devices. The Library, TOC and recommendation pages have also been redone.
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