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Microsoft is supplying a font technology called ClearType to the Open eBook initiative.
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But with advances in hardware and more immersive reading now possible with ClearType, Brass thinks the time now may be right.
CNN: Microsoft banks on ClearType to spur electronic books
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Brass said he expects ClearType to be implemented systemwide, but expects the reader to either be part of the system or an application.
CNN: Microsoft banks on ClearType to spur electronic books
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Other than the resolution, though, the underlying technology is largely the same: this too is a ClearType screen with deep blacks and vibrant colors.
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ClearType works on the concept of delivering less color to gain resolution, and this philosophy conflicts with the way some applications now work, Brass said.
CNN: Microsoft banks on ClearType to spur electronic books
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Except for this conflict, ClearType could be delivered sooner, Brass said.
CNN: Microsoft banks on ClearType to spur electronic books
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The tablet PC, which Brass calls the "continuous Holy Grail of computing, " will also become more of a reality once immersive reading technologies such as ClearType take off.
CNN: Microsoft banks on ClearType to spur electronic books
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The Times' John Markoff said the ClearType announcement was the centerpiece of Gates' speech, meant to show Microsoft as an innovator instead of a company that borrows ideas from others.
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Of course, Gates used the keynote to announce plans of a new technological breakthrough - a font enhancement called ClearType that makes text on an LCD look like text on paper to improve e-books.
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You'll also get a higher 1080p resolution from the 10.6-inch ClearType display, but it comes wrapped in a package that's 13.5 mm thick and weighs 903 grams (compared to just 9.3 mm and 676 grams for the RT).
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