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To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (109333)	2/6/2012 1:10:42 PM
From: Rich Bloem	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197207

Ashley, you have arrived at conclusions based on inadequate input. You saw a Mirasol Demonstration unit in a fixed environment with perfect lighting and thought it was as good as any LCD. However, what you did not see was an LCD without backlighting alongside the Mirasol nor did you see a Mirasol display in a darkened enviroment alongside an LCD display. So you did not have a direct comparison. Your envisioning LCD's with bright backlighting in a somewhat darkened environment and trying to compare the two is like apple and oranges. The reviewers are correct when they say the display is not as brilliant at other displays. Unfortunately, they just don't take the time to also explain that "oh, but it is so much better in bright conditions". All of the youtube demos shown so far are in an indoor environment using 20% front lighting. If they used 100% front lighting, then the battery life advantage goes away. Just enjoy it for what it is and the purpose it serves.

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (109333)	2/18/2012 12:43:28 PM
From: waitwatchwander	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197207

Kindle Fire vs Mirasol Kyobo youtube.com This is a good side-by-side comparison of an LCD device verses a Mirasol device. As many have noted Mirasol is different and does have advantages. The major issues with the Kyobo relate to software which can be addressed by rooting the device and/or sideloding apps. On a side note here I noticed during the demo of the kindle app on the Kyobo, touch copy and paste appeared to be much more responsive than that which I have experienced. That is good because it shows that my difficulties there are not strictly hardware related. Edit: Playing around with copy and paste after seeing this video shows me it is the way I am interacting with the touch controls iswhat's generating most of my difficilties. Another issue fixed. Cursor placement for editing is still an issue though.