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 […]
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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 […]
Onyx Nova3 Color vs Regular Nova Comparison Video
Here’s a comparison review for those that are wondering how the color E Ink screen on the new Onyx Nova3 Color compares to the black and white E Ink screen on the regular Nova3. The video comparison is between the Nova3 Color and the Nova2, but the regular Nova3 has the same exact screen as […]
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 […]
Color E Ink is Getting Better But There’s Still a Problem (Video)
Pocketbook just released a new 7.8-inch ereader called the Pocketbook InkPad Color with a supposedly “better” color E Ink screen, and now that I’ve gotten my hands on one, I can see that E Ink did indeed improve their color Kaleido screen technology on this new model. Compared to the 6-inch color E Ink screens […]