2013 looks like it’s going to be the year of the E Ink smartphone. In earlier posts we’ve seen prototypes of E Ink covers for the iPhone, Android-powered E Ink phones, and dual-screen phones. A Russian company called Yota Devices aims to be one of the first companies to release a dual-screen phone that has […]
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PopSlate: An iPhone with a 4″ E Ink Screen, Kind of…
One way or another E Ink is going make its way onto smartphones. A couple of months back Onyx International showed off an Android-powered phone with an E Ink screen, and the company E Ink themselves demonstrated a prototype of a dual-sided Android phone with an LCD screen on one side and an E Ink […]
Japan Display Shows Off New Paper-like Energy Efficient Color LCD Screens (Video)
While we are all waiting on color E Ink to mature enough to become a viable option for color ebook readers, Japan Display is taking a different yet similar approach with low-power LCD displays. Japan Display Inc., a joint venture between Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba’s liquid crystal display businesses, has two new reflective LCD displays […]
Video of E Ink Android Smartphone
For years E Ink has been marketing their low power electrophoretic displays for all kinds of different applications besides just ebook readers such the Kindle and Nook. There are E Ink watches, signs, traffic lights, and plenty of other things you wouldn’t suspect. Given the number of cell phone users worldwide, phones look to be […]
Plastic Logic Demos Flexible Color Displays and More (Videos)
Plastic Logic has uploaded three new videos to YouTube in the past couple of days that show off their new electronic paper displays, which are very similar from a technological standpoint as E Ink displays. A couple years back Plastic Logic attempted to release the QUE proReader, an ereader designed for business use. But it […]
Video Interview with E Ink Shows off Dual-Screen LCD, E Ink Phone
Once again Charbax from ARMdevices.net has posted a lengthy interview with Sriram Peruvemba, the marketing director of E Ink. Much like the video interview with E Ink posted back in July from SID, this video shows demos of several products and prototypes that use E Ink technology. Most of the products were already shown in […]
The Future of Electronic Paper Looks Bleak
It’s amazing just how little progress has been made in the field of electronic paper over the past few years, and unfortunately it doesn’t look like that is going to change anytime soon. The reason for this is the fact that E Ink holds a monopoly over virtually all the epaper displays used for ebook […]
Video Tour of E Ink’s New Products, From eReaders to Kayaks
The company that makes the epaper screens for the majority of ebook readers, including Kindles and Nooks, is called E Ink. In addition to ereader screens, E Ink’s technology is used in all kinds of different applications. In the video below, E Ink’s CMO Sri Peruvemba shows off a bunch of new products and ideas […]