But why are most e-ink displays hidden behind a rigid glass screen and not made bendy?
Lift the lid and you'll find a backlit keyboard and an 11.6-inch Gorilla Glass screen, with resolution capped at 1, 366 x 768.
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The Chromebook Pixel, available for order on the Google Play store and shipping in April, features a 12.85-inch touch-sensitive Gorilla Glass screen.
Framing the Gorilla Glass screen is a generous bezel housing the front-facing camera up top and Huawei's company logo at the bottom.
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The ultra-thin bezels of the M-Series virtually vanish next to the near edge-to-edge glass screen for a signature look that updates any room's appearance.
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Of all the phones I've seen, the Lumia 900 is the one that feels the most solid and hardwearing (having a gorilla glass screen always helps).
And while that skinny little Touch keyboard for Microsoft Surface may be better than typing on a glass screen, it will be far from the gold standard for PC keyboards.
At the observation post, situated just a short distance from the actual demarcation line, security personnel had installed a bulletproof glass screen to protect the president as he surveyed the border region.
Apple will also sell a new cover that snaps to the side of the device with magnets and comes with cloth on the inside that can help clear smudges off the glass screen.
Matching its older sister's 10.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen, there's now an all-over splash resistant coating (inside and out), with those intriguing cut-off corners we've seen already there to aid the ergonomics of handling the slab.
The stylus itself has been fattened out and lengthened to three-quarters of the device's length, making it easier to write with and its end is now rubberized to give it more pen-like friction on the glass screen.
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In addition to features available for the Advanced Series, it features a five-inch multi-touch glass screen in a brushed-metal housing as well as a powered magnetic mount that automatically snaps in once the user holds the device close.
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We're told to expect an oleophobic Gorilla Glass screen with a standard XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, options for 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of storage, optional WWAN, an accelerometer, gyroscope, light sensor, microphone and a battery that'll last for around eight hours in ideal circumstances.
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The idea that Apple was playing with glass-screen tablets before the iPhone is not new.
One of the famous Steve Jobs stories is his insistence, weeks before launch, that the iPhone had to have a tougher, glass, screen given the propensity for the planned one to be scratched by keys in pockets etc.
The display screen for the iPhone 5 could reduce a layer of glass if the metallic layer for the touch screen is applied to the protective glass, and the result would be a thinner screen.
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However, the Gorilla Glass-coated screen remained unfazed during its time in our pockets and on our desks.
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No word on the processor inside, but all of the components match up with the current iPhone 5 and fifth gen iPod Touch, including Gorilla Glass for the screen.
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Other hotel amenities include six unique dining venues, an 860-square-meter spa by ESPA, a glass-enclosed infinity pool with LED screen ceiling and an outdoor terrace with a glass-enclosed bar, both on the 118th floor.
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The Pompidou-style glass courtyard features a giant screen beaming the work of emerging artists.
Each tent has a fireplace, oversize bathtub (behind a wooden screen) and glass-encased shower stall.
They can be enlarged with a magnifying glass or on a touch screen.
Apple should learn to use more steel versus aluminum for the case, and sapphire crystal or perhaps the new Gorilla Glass 3 for an iWatch screen.
The company said the screen on its Glass headset actually sits above the wearer's normal field of vision, not unlike a car's sun visor, and is meant for quick glances, not prolonged viewing.
Conventional tablet PC mode provides first-rate multi-touch navigation as customers enjoy the intuitive and comfortable design, as well as the responsive 10.1-inch HD LED-backlit Gorilla Glass 2 full high-definition screen that is beautiful, strong and scratch-resistant.
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The device had been dropped and had a broken interior liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, though its outer glass layer was intact.
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In all these instances if Google can liberate my field of view and give me a portable high resolution screen, I will buy Glass.
Just why the demand is softer is a little complicated, given that the LCD TV market keeps growing: he notes that units were up about 13% in 2011, with square footage of glass up 18%, as average screen sizes increased.
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The company also said it has upgraded the iPhone's screen from plastic to optical-quality glass, which should quiet some concerns about scratching and durability.
The light itself comes out of four LEDs that pass through a fiber optic glass designed to distribute the light evenly throughout the screen.
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