Amazon Buys Sunlight Readable Color Display Company Liquavista 56
Nate the greatest writes "It looks like those 4 month old rumors are true. Amazon has confirmed today that they have bought Liquavista, a Netherlands based screen tech company. There's no info yet on how much Amazon paid to Samsung, but previous rumors suggested that the asking price was under $100 million. Amazon also isn't talking about how they plan to use the electrowetting screen tech, but many are assuming that a Color Kindle is in the works."
Re:You mean like the Kindle Fire? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:uh... (Score:4, Informative)
No, they're not. It's not eInk at all. It's a new method of building a color LCD panel that is reflective. Entirely different.
Color eInk already exists. Google the Etaco Jetbook Color. 4096 colors and slow refresh rate (like B/W eInk). Not the same thing other than they're both reflective, color displays.
Re:Well of course. (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_apple_does_controlled_leaks