Questions regarding the new kindle

[Kovac]

A new version of the kindle is being released and this one is actually possible to order from New Zealand

I was hoping to get the opinions of people who have actually used it since until this point it has been completely unavailable here.

It looks pretty nifty but when I tried the local equivalent, the 'kobo' I found that changing pages was kinda slow and the entire screen had to flash black in doing so. Is this a problem with ebook tech or does the kindle handle the transitions better than other ereaders?

 

[Tinwhistler]

The kindle video demos look like the screen flashes each time it changes pages also. It might be a limitation of current e-ink technology, since they don't exactly use the same tech as LCD screens.

 

[callistarya]

A new version of the kindle is being released and this one is actually possible to order from New Zealand

I was hoping to get the opinions of people who have actually used it since until this point it has been completely unavailable here.

It looks pretty nifty but when I tried the local equivalent, the 'kobo' I found that changing pages was kinda slow and the entire screen had to flash black in doing so. Is this a problem with ebook tech or does the kindle handle the transitions better than other ereaders?

Tin pre ordered one for my birthday! I can WAIT to play with it! Woooo!

 

[figmentPez]

I got to spend a little time playing with my grandmother's e-reader the last time I was visiting her. A Barnes & Noble "Nook", one of the ones that has a small full color LCD in addition to the eInk. It blanked the screen when switching pages, but I didn't think it was a problem. Especially with how amazing the eInk looked.

I think ,ost eInk screens have to refresh the entire screen to change a page, but that's going to change eventually. There's a lot of research being done on screens for eReaders, with a lot of competing technologies. Everything from color versions of eInk that can handle video, to the Pixel Qi screen that's already available in netbooks and does full motion color with a backlight but can also change to a B&W reflective mode that reportedly looks almost as good as eInk in full sunlight, and does it with the refresh rate of an LCD.

 

[Kovac]

I think I could live with the flash as long as the transition time was small

 

[tegid]

In some readers I've seen, the flash duration can be adjusted but it is inversely proportional to the quality of what's showed on the screen.