LCD E-Book Reader Matrix

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LCD display technology has the distinct advantage over E Ink of instant page turns and on a few devices, color. Since the display is instant, interactive touchscreen features such as search with on-screen keyboard, annotations, and highlighting are possible. Often these devices have an instant boot time due to not using Linux as the OS.

There is some technical information and another matrix comparing reader devices here:

[edit] Matrix (LCD devices)

BrandnameEBookwise-1150 (GEB 1150) REB 1200 (Gemstar eBook 2150) Dr. Yi (M218A, M218B)
Dimensions5” x 7.5” x 1.5”7.5” x 9” x 1.25” 154mm x 110mm x 13.5mm (6" x 4.3" x .53")
Screen TechnologyLCDColor LCD Reflective LCD
Primary DisplayHVGA 320x480 4 bit, 104 ppiColor VGA 480x640 16 bit, 104 ppi VGA 480x640 4bit, 160 ppi
Screen Color Depth16 grayscale65,536 colors16 grayscale
Touch Screenyesyes no
Full-screen Refresh Rate0.03s0.03s .02s
PowerLi-ion ?AhLi-ion ?mAhLi-ion 3Ah
Battery Life20 hours10 hours 22 hours
Weight18 oz33 oz 215g
OSproprietaryproprietary Linux based proprietary
Boot Timeinstantinstant  ?
SDKnono ?
CPUCirrus Logic ARM-7Motorola MCF5102 ColdFire ARM9 200Mhz
Memory8 8 128MB
Expansion SlotsSMC (max. 128 MB)CF (max. 1 GB) SD (max. 1 GB)
Other InterfacesUSB 1.1USB 1.1, Ethernet USB 1.1, Wifi(M218B only)
Supported FormatsIMP (Grayscale HalfVGA)IMP (Color FullVGA) PDF, TXT, HTML, EBA, WOLF
Supported DRM Formatsinternalinternal (with ETI firmware upgrade) EBA, WOLF
Search functionality / Dictionary lookupyesyes ?
Note taking? highlighting/underlining?yesyes no
SoftwareeBook PublishereBook Publisher ?
Services??
Content Partners??quite a few in China
PriceUS$99US$700 (US$200 Ebay) varies
Release Date20042001 2006
Misc Info?? ?

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