The next obvious step for ebook readers is color. And there are currently three different types of screen technologies trying to bring color to ereaders, Mirasol, color E Ink (Triton), and Pixel Qi. All three screens differ quite a lot, but there are similarities. Each is meant to be readable outdoors in bright light, each […]
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First Look at Flex Lighting Film Illuminating E Ink Screen in the Dark (Video)
Last month I posted an article about how a company called Flex Lighting is working to bring light to ebook readers by incorporating a thin LED light film on top of ereader displays. Today I’m happy to say I can give you an exclusive first look at Flex Lighting in action on an E Ink […]
New Flexible LED Light Film Brings Light to eReaders
A reader tipped me a few weeks back about this Flex Lighting website that advertises a new type of lighting technology designed for ebook readers with reflective displays such as E Ink. One of the shortfalls of E Ink ebook readers like the Kindle and Nook is that they can’t be used at night or […]
20 Minute Interview with Vice President of E Ink Reveals Interesting Details
Last week Charbax posted this twenty minute interview with the vice president of E Ink, Sriram Peruvemba. E Ink is the company that makes the displays for all the leading ebook readers worldwide. I hadn’t gotten around to watching the video until this morning because I thought it would be boring blah blah blahing, but […]
The Frankenkindle: A Kindle Prototype for the Physically Disabled
Below is a video of a Kindle, dubbed the Frankenkindle, that an electrical engineer modified to make it easier for his sister with cerebral palsy to use. The Kindle 3 is mounted to a wooden stand with a substitute keypad mapped to the Kindle’s 5-way nav controller and Home button. A control board is attached […]
A Look at Fujitsu’s New Color ePaper (Video)
Earlier this week at the International Digital Publishing Expo, Fujitsu demonstrated their latest cholesteric LCD color epaper. Fujitsu has been one of the pioneers in color epaper technology and has been developing it for several years. Over the past four years they have released two different ereaders that use their color epaper technology, the FLEPia […]
Review: ZAGGsparq 2.0 Portable Battery and USB Charger
Zagg is most known for their invisibleSHIELD screen protectors and skins for portable gadgets like cell phones, ereaders, and tablets. They also sell accessories such as the ZAGGsparq, a portable battery pack and USB charger. Zagg was nice enough to send a sample to review. The ZAGGsparq is essentially a 6000mAh Lithium Polymer battery with […]
Video of Doom 2 Running on PocketBook 360 Plus E Ink eReader
Here’s something interesting. The developers over at PocketBook ported a version of the video game Doom 2 to run on an updated version of the PocketBook 360, called the PocketBook 360 Plus. Information about the PocketBook 360 Plus is scarce at this point, but the video below shows some of its potential. It is presumably […]