Next Kindle Expected To Have a Front-Lit Display

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Amazon doesn't show off prototypes unless it is pretty confident about the tech, so you may be surprised to find the next Kindle isprobably going to have a front-lit display (http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/amazon-experimenting-with-front-lit-display-for-next-kindle-2012046/). The lighting tech comes from a company they purchased back in 2010 (http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/06/next-generation-of-e-ink-kindle-to-sport-new-front-lit-screen/) called Oy Modilis. It specialized in such lighting and has patents related to whatever Amazon decided to use. The display is meant to be lit in a blue-white glow, and if it's anything like Flex lighting (http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/flex-develops-read-in-the-dark-led-light-film-for-e-readers-2011114/) probably won't impact battery life too much. The question is, does anyone really want or need a light for their Kindle?

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/04/08/0629254/next-kindle-expected-to-have-a-front-lit-display