Comments on: Subway rider’s delight? ‘Polymer Vision: Rollable e-paper is finally on the roll’ http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: franko http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661764 franko Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661764 i'm curious to see a price. i'm happy to see PDF support, though. maybe it will be mac compatible, too? i would faint! i’m curious to see a price. i’m happy to see PDF support, though. maybe it will be mac compatible, too? i would faint!

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661446 Bill Janssen Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:27:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661446 Wake me when they actually ship to customers... Wake me when they actually ship to customers…

]]> By: Greg Schofield http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661413 Greg Schofield Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:43:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661413 I like this technology, but I would prefer using a rigid reader until bigger sizes are manufactured, then I will be in like rat up a drain pipe. Dhamu I would not mind if it were a too long for the pocket, a decent size screens matter more to me, after all I carry books all the time(A4 210x297mm) - which probably means 240 long or 9.4 inches (guessing at 1.5mm borders, so maybe even longer again). An A5 scrolled version is a bit long 14.8 + 3, 17.8 cm or 7 inches. But I agree, I cannot see how it could be folded up bi-directionally. Mind you it could fit into a handbag, or clip onto a belt without much difficulty at the sizes mentioned above. The other alternative is to make it more scroll-like, a column of print, twice as long as it wide, might be persuasive (awkward to hold I suspect). My problem is I read quite quickly, hence small screens present problem, I need quite a lot of text in view for comfortable reading. However I like this technology, and I would buy a variety of sizes in it for different reading purposes. I like this technology, but I would prefer using a rigid reader until bigger sizes are manufactured, then I will be in like rat up a drain pipe.

Dhamu I would not mind if it were a too long for the pocket, a decent size screens matter more to me, after all I carry books all the time(A4 210×297mm) - which probably means 240 long or 9.4 inches (guessing at 1.5mm borders, so maybe even longer again).

An A5 scrolled version is a bit long 14.8 + 3, 17.8 cm or 7 inches.

But I agree, I cannot see how it could be folded up bi-directionally. Mind you it could fit into a handbag, or clip onto a belt without much difficulty at the sizes mentioned above.

The other alternative is to make it more scroll-like, a column of print, twice as long as it wide, might be persuasive (awkward to hold I suspect).

My problem is I read quite quickly, hence small screens present problem, I need quite a lot of text in view for comfortable reading.

However I like this technology, and I would buy a variety of sizes in it for different reading purposes.

]]> By: Dhamu http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661078 Dhamu Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:22:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-661078 I don't think you can have it real A4/letter size, because it only rolls in one direction, which would make the rolled version around 8.x by 3.x inches. That's a bit long for most pockets if you're going for portability. I don’t think you can have it real A4/letter size, because it only rolls in one direction, which would make the rolled version around 8.x by 3.x inches. That’s a bit long for most pockets if you’re going for portability.

]]> By: Joanna http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-660976 Joanna Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:37:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-660976 I still think screen size is going to be an issue. I don't want to be sitting there on the subway and messing around with a scroll wheel trying to see a whole newspaper page. If we can really have a flexible, foldable screen, why not make it the size of a real page? I still think screen size is going to be an issue. I don’t want to be sitting there on the subway and messing around with a scroll wheel trying to see a whole newspaper page. If we can really have a flexible, foldable screen, why not make it the size of a real page?

]]> By: Carol Jurd http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-660914 Carol Jurd Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:52:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/16/subway-riders-delight-polymer-vision-rollable-e-paper-is-finally-on-the-roll/#comment-660914 This looks interesting and I like the fact that it supports formats for much of the free content on the web and could also be used for reading reports or other business use. This alone may give it an edge into the corporate/educational market. And this market is BIG. Try asking your boss to buy you a "book reader", now try asking for a "report and price list reader". Get the picture? This looks interesting and I like the fact that it supports formats for much of the free content on the web and could also be used for reading reports or other business use. This alone may give it an edge into the corporate/educational market. And this market is BIG. Try asking your boss to buy you a “book reader”, now try asking for a “report and price list reader”. Get the picture?

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