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		jarek on Sept 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet Touchable e-ink has existed for a while. See for example Kobo Touch.

nkassis on Sept 28, 2011 [–]

Yeah touch has been around I have a sony reader that's at least 4-5 years old now that has a touchable e-ink display. The reasons they went with a lcd is color and response(refresh?) time on e-ink display. You can't watch a movie or play games or browse the web on e-ink kindles.

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