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E-ink paper-like screen

Recorded year2004

Sony's Librie, sold in Japan from April 2004, is the first e-reader with an E Ink screen that reads like paper in sunlight and sips power.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.