Japan Display has announced that they have developed new high resolution 7-inch WhiteMagic tablet displays that are designed to provide better readability outdoors in bright light and use less power than traditional LCD-style displays. WhiteMagic displays first debuted in 2012 on Sony’s Xperia P smartphone, which uses a 4-inch screen. Japan Display also started mass-producing […]
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Samsung’s Tablet Screens are Better than the Resolution Suggests
I picked up one of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablets that Samsung just released (I’ll post a full review soon), and I was surprised to find that the screen is a lot better than I expected from a tablet with lower screen resolution. I read a review somewhere that said something along the […]
PaperFold’s Bizarre Foldable Multi-Screen ePaper Contraption
The folks at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab are back at it again with their truly odd take on epaper prototypes. Last year they demoed what I dubbed the ridiculously laughable PaperTab. Now they’ve got another prototype building off the same idea that they are showing off and it’s just as bizarre and unlikely to […]
Visionect Launches New ePaper Devices and DIY Software Platform
Some interesting news crossed my desk this morning about a new way to design and develop epaper products. Visionect, a Slovenia based company, has launched a new do-it-yourself type of platform that lets anyone develop an epaper-based product, and not just ebook readers, but other types of devices such as restaurant menus. Then Visionect’s V-Platform […]
Video Tour of E Ink at CES 2014
Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show or some other trade show, Charbax from ARMdevices.net posts a detailed video showing the current state of E Ink and the projects the company is working on for the future. The first device shown in the video is Sony’s new DPT-S1 Reader with a 13.3″ Mobius display that […]
Could Low-Power LCD Displays Replace E Ink?
Last week Japan Display announced that they’ve started mass-producing a new type of energy-efficient LCD display that could potentially be used for ebook readers in the future. The new display technology shares some similarities with E Ink—being low-power and outdoor readable—and could prove to be a worthy alternative. What’s most interesting about these new LCD […]
PocketBook to Release CAD Reader with 13.3″ E Ink Fina Screen and Android 4.0
There is some interesting news coming out of E Ink and PocketBook today. E Ink has just announced the upcoming release of a new screen technology called E Ink Fina, and PocketBook is going to be the first company to use it in their new PocketBook CAD Reader, which is designed specifically for displaying drawings […]
An E Ink eBook Reader and Secondary Computer Monitor Rolled into One
Have you ever wanted to use your ebook reader as a computer monitor? If so, I’ve got some good news for you. The folks from Shenzhen Ocean Blue Technology in China are trying to raise $2000 via IndieGogo to build the first E Ink ebook reader, named CBR, that can double as a secondary computer […]