For people that are new to Kindles and ereaders in general they often have questions about how the screen is different than other types of screens on phones, tablets, and TVs. Amazon doesn’t help matters any by never actually calling the screens what they are like other companies do; their marketing department tries to make […]
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New E Ink Gallery 3 Color Screens Coming to eReaders in 2023
E Ink issued a press release earlier this week announcing that their new Gallery 3 color E Ink screens have moved into mass production, and several companies plan to release new devices that use Gallery 3 screens in 2023. E Ink’s Gallery 3 displays are based on their ACeP technology, so instead of using a […]
Have You Ever Broken an E Ink Screen?
Some of you with Kindles and Kobo ereaders and other E Ink devices may be surprised to hear that E Ink screens are very fragile and easy to break, and cracked screens aren’t covered by most warranties. It’s fairly common to see people posting pictures of ereaders with cracked screens online. The explanation usually includes […]
E Ink Releasing New Color ePaper Screens for eReaders and eNotes
E Ink has unveiled new color screens called E Ink Gallery 3 that are designed for ereaders and eNotes and they bring some significant improvements over previous color E Ink screens. E Ink’s new Gallery 3 displays are based on their ACeP technology so they are able to cover the full color gamut using four […]
E Ink Has Released New Kaleido 3 Color ePaper Screens
A couple days ago E Ink issued a press release announcing the release of their next generation color displays called Kaleido 3. They don’t really give many details about the improvements; they just say color saturation has increased by 30 percent compared to their previous generation Kaleido Plus screens, but they don’t say under what […]
Bigme B1 Pro with 10.3″ Color E Ink Screen Now Available on Amazon
There’s a new listing on Amazon with a vendor selling an Android-powered ereader and notebook from China that has a 10.3-inch color E Ink screen. The device is called the Bigme B1 Pro and it’s not new (it was released over a year ago in China), but it is one of the only devices to […]
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 […]
Will Amazon Ever Release a Kindle with a Color E Ink Screen?
Last year after reviewing the first generation of E Ink’s new Kaleido color screens, I posted about how I didn’t expect Amazon to release a color Kindle anytime soon—at the time I just felt that E Ink’s color technology wasn’t quite good enough for the big stage. Now after seeing E Ink’s new improved Kaleido […]