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 […]
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E Ink Increasing Production of Color E Ink “Kaleido” Screens
A few weeks ago I posted an article questioning if E Ink’s new color screens for e-readers were already fizzling out or if they were just more popular than expected after the few ebook readers on the market with color screens were unavailable to purchase for several weeks. Apparently it’s the latter. According to E […]
Is Color E Ink Already Dead, or Just More Popular Than Expected?
Over the past two months we’ve seen two new ebook readers with color E Ink screens get released, the Pocketbook Color and Onyx Poke2 Color, and both have already disappeared from the market. Did they just sell out faster than expected, faster than demand could keep up, or has Pocketbook and Onyx already decided to […]
Don’t Expect Amazon to Release a Color Kindle Anytime Soon
Yesterday I posted a review of E Ink’s new color screens that have started appearing on a few new ereaders such as the Onyx Poke2 Color and PocketBook Color. Ever since these new color ereaders have started coming out, people have been hoping that a color Kindle would be coming out soon too, but now […]
Color E Ink Review – Kaleido eReader Screens (Video)
Late last year E Ink announced that they would be releasing a new Print Color screen technology designed for ereaders and other portable devices. Surprisingly, a few companies have already released ebook readers that use E Ink’s new Kaleido color screens. A couple were released in China earlier this year, and now Onyx has released […]
Why Don’t Kindles and Newer eReaders Have Flexible E Ink Screens?
This year color E Ink has made a resurgence with the recent release of the Poke2 Color and PocketBook Color, but whatever happened to the advancement of flexible E Ink screens? The Kobo Forma was the first and only ebook reader under 10-inches to feature a flexible E Ink Mobius screen, and it was released […]
Hisense A5 Pro CC Color E Ink Phone Video Reviews
The Hisense A5 Pro CC is a new Android smartphone that recently hit the market. Hisense has released a number of E Ink phones over the years but this is the first phone to feature a color E Ink screen. It sells from the Cect-Shop for around $330 USD, depending on the current exchange rate. […]
E Ink’s Net Profit up 80%, Color E Ink More Popular Than Expected
E Ink, the company that makes epaper screens for all the various brands of ebook readers, just posted its highest net profit for the first quarter in nine years. According to an article published by Taipei Times, E Ink’s net profit was up to NT$787 million (US$26.23 million) for the first quarter of 2020, up […]