When will we get a e-Book that has white and black display?

I tired of looking at monchrome LCD displays with their grey-green backgrounds and this Kindle looks like its just another version with low contrast e-Ink. 

After all it's got a grey background with darker grey text.

They must be using old e-Ink technology. Some manufacturer in the far East must be laughing at being able to get rid of their old 1st generation panels. 

With colour e-ink around, this book is using a pretty old display panel isn't it?

I'll wait till they sort this out.


...but out of date and over priced. Why go for this when you can add *.txt, *.doc, *.pda etc file readers to a UMPC, some mobile phones, internet tablet or just buy an ASUS Eee? The aforementioned even provide colour, have more functionality and they do not usually need to have files converted to specific formats for use.

Wow, I really like it and the cost is worth the free monthly charge for sure, But I also like collecting as old electronics as I can get. It will update it's looks if it becomes popular enough to live. 

If the Inquirer is available on it then I would be set for life, as I spend way too much time reading this web site. 

I'm getting one for me and one for mum, maybe one for sis too, as she is a Stephen King fan. 

This could certainly replace most anyones PC because most only use that for Internet.

It's really not surprising why bookreaders have never sold well. Why spend several hundred for a device that does little, or nothing, else?

We started out with PDA's which have been morphing into Smartphones. Then digital music players, and later, digital video players, which have been converging as well.

Now, we have phone/music/ video/PDA's.

Get the trend?

Buying another piece of equipment to carry is simply not in the cards.

Most Smartphones will also serve as a book reader with either the FREE versions of software, or the upgraded versions for a small price.

While it's true that a dedicated bookreader has a bigger screen, why does that matter?

The ability to store many books at a time on a digital device has nothing in common with the need to keep a book to a certain size. Larger pages results in fewer pages, making a book easier to manufacturer, and hold. No such limitation exists in digital.

In other words, there is no reason for a device holding books to conform with more standard page conventions. I use my Treo 700p quite well as a book reader, using one hand to hold it, and to change the page.

Perhaps, if the companies offering book readers thought of them as the razor, and the books as the blades, a really cheap (or even free as an incentive for a subscription service) device might work.

But, the books are too expensive too. This is the same problem we see with digital songs and videos. They must be cheaper than the printed versions to sell well. ,Why should one buy a digital book for MORE than the paperback version when the costs of production, and distribution, are but a fraction?

... the license agreement almost made me turn to stone.

My little boy (aged 4) and myself spend a lot of time watching "Mighty Machines" on which they divulged the great big secret of what happens when dead trees go to the mill. Lots and lots of them are too twisted, gnarly, splintered, and rotten to be made into good lumber, so they go to the chipper.

And then the chips go to some other place where they get made into paper.
So what's the consequence of e-books, will it be to dry up the market for the gnarlies? Cuz what else are they good for?

I'm afraid that in the future the forests will be harvested only of straight and handsome trees, and all the warty, bumpy, ugly trees will be the only ones left behind, which could have an impact on tourism.

When I read the line "...the Kindle is Jade Goody in cling film...", I just had to Google her (I'm an American that doesn't watch much TV). DAMN YOU!!! THE HORROR!!!