The future of the ebook reader is in color, at least for Amazon. The company announced the acquisition of Liquavista by Samsung, the Dutch company that has created a color display based on the ink electronically, a move that portends to several analysts to launch a version of Kindle is no longer black and white, for to revive the market for these devices. The sum paid was not revealed, but it should be less than 100 million dollars. the past year have been sold worldwide, 19.9 million e-reader, with a drop of almost 30% over the previous year. A hurting these devices is the competition of the tablet, but the colors used for the liquid crystal technology, which consume s the battery and does not allow a comfortable reading in bright sunlight. “The tablet market has a niche distinct from that of the e-reader – said the Ft – adding color to the latter, without prejudice to features such as the much longer duration of the batteries and can be used anywhere , could revive the industry. ”
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