A new Android-powered color epaper tablet recently turned up on Kickstarter called the Reinkstone R1, and it’s the first device to use a new type of color epaper display technology (DES). I’ve been hesitant to bring attention to the Reinkstone R1 because whenever a new ereader turns up on Kickstarter it almost always ends up […]
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New Touchscreen Technology Improves Contrast of E Ink Screens
Yesterday E Ink announced the launch of a new touchscreen technology for ereaders and e-notes that improves contrast of E Ink screens by 40% for color Kaleido screens and 30% for black and white Carta screens. The new touchscreen that E Ink has developed is called On-Cell Touch. They don’t give any technical details about […]
E Ink Clarifies Changes with New Kaleido Plus Color Screens
Yesterday E Ink issued a press release about the release of their new Kaleido Plus color screens and how they improved them from last year’s first generation version. Some of this stuff was revealed in Onyx’s video introduction of the new Nova3 Color over the weekend (if you missed it it’s imbedded below), but E […]
Are You Bothered By Your eReader’s Screen Flashing?
People often ask about screen flashing when they get a new ebook reader that uses an E Ink screen, like a Kindle, Kobo, or Onyx ereader. The flashing is totally normal, but I can see how it might be jarring at first for someone that has never seen an E Ink screen before. The flashing […]
Hisense A7 CC with 6.7″ Color E Ink Screen Now Available
Hisense recently released a new Android-powered smartphone with a 6.7-inch E Ink screen called the Hisense A7, and now they’ve released a new version with a color E Ink screen called the Hisense A7 CC. All the specs appear to be exactly the same, and the color version runs Android 10 and does not come […]
First 10″ Color E Ink eReader Bigme B1 Pro (Video)
Last year when the first ebook readers with color E Ink screens started coming out, a lot of people said they weren’t interested in a small 6-inch color screen. They said a larger screen would be better, and now less than a year later that has started to happen. The Bigme B1 Pro, the first […]
Contrast on E Ink Devices is Getting Worse Instead of Better
E Ink screens are great for reading ebooks and PDFs. They have more of a paper-like appearance than LCD screens, and they’re more energy-efficient and can be easily read in direct sunlight, and they cause less eye strain for some folks because using a backlight isn’t required. However, E Ink screens evolve at such a […]
New Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i Laptop has 12″ E Ink Screen
Earlier this week Lenovo announced that they’ll be releasing a new second generation version of their dual-screen ThinkBook Plus laptop that comes with a secondary E Ink display on top of the lid. The new Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i is expected to get released in the first quarter of 2021, and the price […]