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by spondyl 778 days ago
Despite the common confusion, it's not e-ink but rather a reflective LCD (rLCD) screen. It's the same principle as the original Game Boy where instead of using a backlight, the LCD reflects light instead.

There's an early review available here for anyone interested: https://arun.is/blog/daylight-tablet/

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Ah, good to know and thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that yet.