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Qualcomm’s new Marisol display technology is quite impressive. It has vibrant color, longer battery life than e-ink screens, supports video, works in the sunlight, is not backlit, and is arriving at least a couple years ahead of the conventional wisdom on when e-ink could go color.
Newsweek recently published a great interview with Jeff Bezos in which he talks about the Kindle’s success, Amazon’s business philosophy, how Kindle fits with the rumored Apple tablet, and more. I could have easily plucked a half dozen quotes from it. You should definitely check it out.
Marco Arment has a great post on why for the typical user of an e-book reader, improving the rendering of grayscale on e-ink screens is far more important than developing color e-ink technology.
Andy Ihnatko on the “rumored Apple tablet”, its impact on digital publishing, and why 2010 is going to be a landmark year in tech:
The Kindle has one of the best vision statements I have ever read for any product. It is simple, bold, and easy to understand. Whether I’m an Amazon employee, customer, or competitor I get it.