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by dgarrett 1730 days ago
There are no e-ink devices with backlights. It doesn’t make sense for the technology, which is purely reflective.

There are plenty of e-ink devices (like Kindles) that have frontlights. Even better are the ones that adjust frontlights based on ambient room lighting. Ambient light adjustment (and lighting warmth adjustment) is what the new Kindle Paperwhite has.