Shades Of Gray Archive

  • It’s a netbook! It’s an e-reader! It’s the enTourage eDGe!

    It’s a netbook! It’s an e-reader! It’s the enTourage eDGe!

    Reading e-books on a netbook is a nuisance, right? But e-readers are a pain because they're a single-function device, which means your man-bag gets filled with yet-another-specialty-gadget. Behold the enTourage eDGe: "the world’s first dualbook, combining the functions of an e-reader, netbook, notepad, and audio/video recorder and player in one."

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  • Why E-Books Are Stuck in a Black-and-White World

    Why E-Books Are Stuck in a Black-and-White World

    Electronic book readers may be the future of publishing, but in one important respect, they’re still stuck in 1950: Almost every e-book reader on the market has a black-and-white display. Most can’t display more than a handful of different shades of gray. That’s why display makers are racing to bring color to the world of e-books. [...]

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