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I'm honestly still mystified as to whether you have super insider access or if I'm just confused, but maybe you can explain. From my own memory of when I was a
by neltnerb 3y ago
I'm honestly still mystified as to whether you have super insider access or if I'm just confused, but maybe you can explain.
From my own memory of when I was able to buy things, from my memory of the state of eInk technology based on very few degrees of separation from the inventors, and from my ability to research online the first commercialized eInk device was the Motorola F3 on 28 November 2006.
It was not color.
I worked in a lab that had original prototype eInk displays almost exactly two decades ago. None of them were color in any case, it was obvious 20 years ago that the technology would be exceptionally hard to make use color because of the use of distinct pigments and relying on electrostatics. There's just only one kind of electric charge, it's hard to make that selectable. I'm honestly shocked they can hit 13 FPS.
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoYou are indeed missing something. In all the screens we are discussing here (triton, kaleido, etc), there are no distinct color pigments. They are just standard "black and white" pigment over a color filter. The result is as terrible as you'd expect (low contrast and 1/3 resolution). Also, a mobile phone as the first eink device? Where did you even find that? The sony readers at the very mininum are much older.
- neltnerb 3y agoAh, I see. Thanks for explaining, that makes sense. Yeah, sounds pretty bad. I found it via Wikipedia link chain since I didn't know the date and my memory was only that I couldn't buy it. It was merely the first phone with it, my bad. Indeed the Sony Reader seems to have been 2004. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader Though to be honest that isn't actually at my threshold for "much" but it is earlier.