Electronic display devices and methods

An electronic display device comprising:

• a housing;
• a display area provided within the housing to display content for a user;
• memory within the housing to hold data that is to be rendered into user-viewable content;
• an electrophotographically render user-viewable content from the data that is held in the memory;
• a loop of material disposed proximate the electrophotographic assembly and configured to receive electrophotographically rendered content and present the content for user viewing within the display area;
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• a control area on the housing comprising one or more user-engagable structures to permit a user to interact with the device, the control area being positioned on the housing to accommodate one-handed use of the device;
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• wherein the device is portable.

An electronic display device comprising:

• a housing;
• a display area provided within the housing to display content for a user;
• memory within the housing to hold data that is to be rendered into user-viewable content;
• an electrophotographic assembly within the housing configured to electrophotographically render user-viewable content from the data that is held in the memory, the content being renderable by the assembly at at least 300 dpi;
• a loop of material disposed proximate the electrophotographic assembly and configured to receive electrophotographically rendered content and present the content for user viewing within the display area;
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• a control area on the housing comprising one or more user-engagable structures to permit a user to interact with the device, the control area being positioned on the housing to accommodate one-handed use of the device;
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• wherein the housing comprises a front and back face and at least one sidewall extending therebetween, the control are being disposed on the sidewall.

An electronic display device comprising:

• a housing;
• a display area provided with the housing to display content for a user;
• memory within the housing to hold data that is to be rendered into user-viewable content;
• a print media within the housing and configured to display, with toner, user-viewable content for a user;
• a toner shuttling system within the housing configured to shuttle toner between different locations within the housing from which the toner can be used and reused;
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• a control area on the housing comprising one or more user-engagable structures to permit a user to interact with the device, the control area being positioned on the housing to accommodate one-handed use of the device;
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• wherein the housing comprises a front and back face and at least one sidewall extending therebetween, the control area being disposed on the sidewall, at least one of the user-engagable structures comprising a rocker-type switch.

An electronic display device comprising:

• a housing;
• a display area provided within the housing to display content for a user;
• memory within the housing to hold data that is to be rendered into user-viewable content;
• a print media within the housing and configured to display, with toner, user-viewable content for a user;
• a toner shuttling system within the housing configured to shuttle toner between different locations within the housing from which the toner can be used and reused;
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• a control area on the housing comprising one or more user-engagable structures to permit a user to interact with the device, the control area being positioned on the housing to accommodate one-handed use of the device;
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• wherein the housing comprises a front and back face and at least one sidewall extending therebetween, the control area being disposed on the sidewall.

A method of displaying images comprising:

• providing a hand-held, portable display device having a control area containing user-engagable structures that permit a user to interact with the device, the sttructures being positioned to accommodate one-handed operation of the device, the device comprising an electrophotographic assembly configured to electrophotographically render user-viewable content, and a loop of material proximate the electrophotographic assembly to receive electrophotographically rendered content and present the content to a user for viewing;
• advancing the loop of material through the electrophotographic assembly;
• electrophotographically forming an image on the loop of material;
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• displaying the image for a user to view.