http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2009/08/kindle-my-next-notebook.html Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2009/08/kindle-my-next-notebook.html/comment-page-1#comment-42438 Adrian Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:40:43 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/archives/2009/08/kindle-my-next-notebook.html#comment-42438 I'm not super-familiar with the specific e-ink display that the Kindle panel uses, but I thought one of the guiding design principles for all the ePaper stuff was that the display was a passive-state one, so juice from the battery would only be needed when the page refreshed. I agree that the form factor of the Kindle is terrific, but I wouldn't stylus note-taking and all of the other TabletPC-like interactive applications basically fighting against this core architectural decision/constraint? I'm not super-familiar with the specific e-ink display that the Kindle panel uses, but I thought one of the guiding design principles for all the ePaper stuff was that the display was a passive-state one, so juice from the battery would only be needed when the page refreshed. I agree that the form factor of the Kindle is terrific, but I wouldn't stylus note-taking and all of the other TabletPC-like interactive applications basically fighting against this core architectural decision/constraint?

]]> http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2009/08/kindle-my-next-notebook.html/comment-page-1#comment-42437 Gene Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:34:29 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/archives/2009/08/kindle-my-next-notebook.html#comment-42437 Have you looked at something like <a href="http://www.livescribe.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Livescribe</a> Not sure it is any good, and would still required two "devices", but I thought it seemed intriguing. Have you looked at something like Livescribe Not sure it is any good, and would still required two “devices”, but I thought it seemed intriguing.

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