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Re:The Fire phone debacle by yid on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @06:42PM (#8847924)
Wow, did not know about that! What a shame that Amazon didn't go with the dual e-ink/LCD idea, given that they're practically singlehandedly responsible for e-ink going mainstream.

Throw in free-with-Prime, Android, and a few carrier discounts (e.g. free data for a year) and I'd happily dump my iPhone in a heartbeat.

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by scott_karana on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @07:23PM (#8848078)
> Throw in ... Android

Huh? The Yotaphone already runs Android, and not an Amazon-crippled version at that. :)

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by m_mueller on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @10:56AM (#8851205)
Shouldn't it be possible to create an e-ink display behind a transparent LCD? Then you wouldn't need to flip anything anymore. I'm guessing that the backlight might be a problem, but maybe that could be integrated with the e-ink as well.
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