It has been claimed separately that the next Kindle will feature a touch - sensitive E
Ink screen of the kind already found on Sony's Readers.
Not exact matches
It's now on par with the Kobo Glo HD (we have a review
of that new - for - 2015 e-reader in the works), which has the same
kind of screen: a 6 - inch «HD» Carta E
Ink touch
screen.
In addition to ereader
screens, E
Ink's technology is used in all
kinds of different applications.
And since we've gotten so used to new stuff being given to us every year, I guess we all just
kind of expected there would be another new E
Ink screen this year, along with a new wave
of e-readers using it.
isnt there any tablet or any
kind of e
ink display which can be connected to computer via wi fi or a cable hence can be used for programming in various firms.more or less i need monitors /
screens based on e-
ink technology
The Barnes and Noble Nook is a one
of a
kind creation: it is the first ebook reader on the market to employ both a traditional 6 - inch E
Ink screen along with an LCD touchscreen for navigation.
That being said, the inkBook still suffers from the same
kind of issues that all Android ereaders suffer from: most 3rd party apps don't work well because they aren't designed for E
Ink screens; battery life isn't as good as non-Android ereaders; the page buttons only work with a few apps; and the Android software is less - optimized than what you get on Kindles and Kobos, and it lacks some features that they offer.
Electronic
ink also takes much longer to build up the image
of a page than an LCD
screen, which means it's unsuitable for everyday computer displays using any
kind of moving image (and completely unsuitable for fast - moving images such as computer games and videos).
The E
Ink screen doesn't have any light source; it's like a regular E
Ink screen without a frontlight, so it provides a completely different
kind of reading experience than typical LCD computer monitors.
That's a fair bit
of coin for what is essentially a low - end E
Ink screen with a keyboard attached, but these
kind of devices are usually pretty expensive and it does have its own unique software.
With these
kind of characteristics, ebook readers
of the future could be practically indestructible if flexible plastic - based E
Ink screens ever start taking off.
Touch
screen laptops are more useful than they seem, and Microsoft is pushing that forward even more with Windows
Ink: the ability to draw and annotate with a pen in all
kinds of useful ways.