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		brfox on May 29, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bye-bye kindle Furthermore, I think the kindle resolution is like 2x more dpi than a traditional lcd screen (and also this new screen) which is one of the reasons it is so pleasing to read. It sounds like this screen just turns off the backlight and switches to BW to save battery life?

MaysonL on May 30, 2009 [–]

No - the big point of this device is that the b/w (epaper) mode has the same enhance resolution and low power consumption as the Kindle!

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