The e-ink technology powering its screen is also a newer generation, displaying sixteen shades of gray rather than four.

新电子墨水技术使屏幕可以显示出16灰阶，比之前的4灰阶显示有了长足进步。

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While Sony helped pioneer the market for e-book readers using sophisticated electronic ink technology, it had fallen behind Amazon in the race to transform electronic readers into mass market devices.

虽然索尼公司利用先进的电子墨水技术率先拓展了电子书阅读器市场，但它在将该产品转化为大众市场设备的竞争中落后于亚马逊。

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While Sony helped pioneer the market fore-book readers using sophisticated electronic ink technology, it had fallen behind Amazon in the race to transform electronic readers into mass market devices.

虽然索尼公司利用先进的电子墨水技术率先拓展了电子书阅读器市场，但它在将该产品转化为大众市场设备的竞争中落后于亚马逊。

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Otherwise, the CES show floor is absolutely littered with electronic ink also-rans, hybrids, and new screen technologies looking to knock-off the incumbent Kindle, underlying E Ink technology, and Amazon juggernaut.

ENGADGET: The e-Reader story of CES 2010

Bookeen's Cybook Opus is now definitely the best eBook Reader of its kind: thanks to the very latest E-Ink electronic ink technology, its screen offers the most comfortable reading experience, comparable to paper.

ENGADGET: Bookeen's upgraded, colorful Cybook Opus to debut on May 7

There's a reason, of course -- the current e-ink technology is simply not built for web browsing -- the page refreshes a lot during scrolling, images don't look great and in the case of the Kobo, there's no pinch-to-zoom, so you've got to rely on an ever-present slider on the bottom to make things larger.

ENGADGET: Kobo Glo review: another illuminated e-reader lights up the market