One of the neat things about the iLiad ereader is that you can put powerpoints and pdfs on it. However, there is no colour display of the texts, which also sours the experience of reading comics or art books on the readers, not to mention visualizations of stats which would be the text book market, right!
Well “For the first time, researchers released a hand-built prototype outside the Japanese labs where it’s been incubating since 2004.
Similar in form factor to an e-book reader, the Fujitsu version displays color–not mind-blowing color, but still more visually appealing than standard black and white–and is aiming for more commercial applications. Fujitsu’s version is “green” and also appeals to the wallet: there is no power required to show an image. That means the technology can eventually be used for signage without having to replace batteries.”
