That is the way that e-Ink works. The battery is used to reset the display to whatever the new content is. Battery isn't used (AFAIK) to display a static page.
I found that I got used to it pretty quickly and it doesn't bother me anymore. I'm assuming you are seeing the screen flip to black for a fraction of a second, before displaying the next page? Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 6 September 2010 8:30 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: AANLk [email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: verdict on kindle/ebook reader? Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:30:09 +1000 Message-ID: <005f01cb4dbf$3ec8a420$bc59ec...@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0060_01CB4E13.1074B420" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: ActNoDUH/0iBo7VlSx+sCj0KSqlkrQAHSeDQ Content-Language: en-au This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01CB4E13.1074B420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I held my first Kindle this afternoon. The screen is so smooth that my eyes were tricked, I thought I was looking at a protective plastic cover with printed instructions embossed on the surface. I was actually looking at the display. The screen is one of the most stunning and surprisingly pleasant technological advances I've seen in years. Except... When you change pages the whole display flickers in reverse video for a fraction of a second on refresh. Is this by design (an option perhaps) or is it a design flaw? If this flicker is not an option, then it will render the device useless. Imagine lying in bed, or sitting on the loo, or in your first class A380 cabin (wherever you like to read) and you're feeling relaxed for a bit of Kindle reading, and this damn thing keeps reverse video flickering every page change. Blow that! Greg
