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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by bad_user on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:30PM (#3066941)
The Nokia 1100 has an LCD screen indeed, but it is black and white, without much luminosity.
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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by modeless on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:42PM (#3067014)
Right; the only resl advantage e-ink has over this type of low-power LCD is brightness, and it comes at the cost of 1+ second response time with flickering. A terrible trade off for an interactive phone.
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