It's relatively easy to make a flexible e-ink display, and there have been many prototypes over the past five years, from the likes of HP, Philips and LG, as well
as E Ink and Plastic Logic.
Fuji Xerox says that the new displays are brighter and have more vivid colors compared to color - filtered e-paper displays (such
as E Ink's Triton panels).
The Kindle Voyage is Amazon's seventh generation of Kindle devices, and has a thinner, more attractive design as well
as an E Ink Carta display, which allows for crisper text and images.
The web browser is surprisingly good as far
as E Ink ebook readers are concerned.
Enabling such versatility of use is the continuous improving of e-paper display technology, starting in the 90s at MIT and never really stopping, propelled forward by companies such
as E Ink, Plastic Logic Germany, Pervasive Displays, Samsung, Epson, Amazon and others.
Felix Ho, CEO of Taiwanese based YFY Group, a diversified conglomerate company owning companies such
as E Ink, creating electrophoretic displays, and Arizon, creating RFID inlays, describes in this video their interest in printed electronics.
They expect the displays to have similar properties
as E Ink, but with better contrast and much better color gamut.
Not only did Steve Jobs» take on the slate dominate the tablet market, it practically reduced the sizzling E-reader sector to an afterthought that suddenly seemed just about as quaint
as E Ink's black and white display.
There's nothing «new» about it really, but the idea is new as far
as E Ink Kindles are concerned.
No LCD screen will be as capable in the sun
as E Ink, at least not with the available technology.
Yeah, the word is SiPix epaper doesn't have as good contrast
as E Ink epaper, that the background is grayer.
Another advantage is that the latest e-readers employ «electronic paper» technology from vendors such
as E Ink Corp..
This resulted in increased speed and performance of our existing products (See Bookeen video using E Ink / TI jointly developed SOC as well
as the E Ink / Freescale joint collaboration SOC in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24srQXX81Oc)
E Ink makes a display platform referred to
as E Ink Vizplex.
They could possibly be called Pearl 2,
as E Ink named their second gen color screens Triton 2, or if there's enough of an improvement over the earlier Pearl screens they may call them something else entirely, as they did when moving from Vizplex screens to Pearl.
For more information on the topic and presentations from companies such
as E Ink, Opalux, Polymer Vision and Plastic Logic visit Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara.
Ebook readers have a longer battery life
as E Ink Reader uses power only when the text changes or when a page is turned.
As far
as E Ink ebook readers are concerned, $ 29 is about as cheap as it gets.
It will support devices which will have 2D graphics, as well
as E Ink and LCD display panels.
However, it is under a reading lamp or in bright - lit areas that the display of PRS - 900 is at its best
as the E Ink assumes extreme clarity against the background and there are no reflections.
Seiko Epson today announced that it has recently developed and begun shipping samples of the S1C17F57, a new 16 - bit microcontroller with a built - in driver optimized for small - and medium - sized segmented electronic paper displays (e-paper displays or EPDs) such
as E Ink SURFTM.
The Aura One still has some key advantages over the H2O, including the larger screen, but at 6.8 - inches and 265ppi, you're still getting a pretty good one here, as far
as E Ink goes.
I haven't looked to see if it is available for Google Android, but I'm optimistic that
as e ink cost is reduced, more large format tablets with more capability will sell in quantities to justify apps designed for e ink displays.
Not exact matches
His work with
E Ink has been written about in such publications
as USA Today, «ABC Nightly News,» The New York Times, and Newsweek.
Set in ancient Japan and presented in a classical Japanese «sumi -
e»
ink art style, Sumioni is literally translated from Japanese
as «
ink demon», and puts players in control of Agura, a single Inkdemon who has been summoned from a long slumber to help rid the land of a sinister evil.
Their Android apps aren't designed for
E Ink so they don't work
as well
as their ereader counterparts, but there are some reading apps that have been modified to work well with
E Ink screens.
At $ 119 it's the same price
as the Kindle Paperwhite 3 with ads, and both frequently go on sale for $ 99, but the big difference with the Kobo is it has a lower resolution 212 ppi
E Ink screen
as opposed to the 300 ppi screen on the Kindle.
It has an
E Ink Pearl touchscreen, which means that the display is bright and responsive,
as easy on the eyes
as any non-touch
E Ink screen.
The company's new Aura
E Ink e-reader offers a backlit reading experience in a lightweight design,
as well
as some interesting social features and book background information.
Page refresh is sluggish,
as in all other
E Ink displays.
The basic $ 69 Kindle is pretty much exactly the same
as the Kindle 4 from last year, but the Kindle Paperwhite marks the biggest change to the Kindle
E Ink ereaders since their inception -LSB-...]
While the FCC noted that the advanced communication uses were not the
E Ink device's primary purpose, let's remember the main intent of the 2010 accessibility act
as well
as the reason for the waiver.
Might not this easily happen on
E Ink Kindles
as well?
The current generation, called
E Ink Pearl, offers faster refresh rates and better contrast than earlier displays and is found in such popular
e-book readers
as Amazon's Kindle 3.
In September 2014 they presented the first prototype device - an
E Ink display that uses graphene
as a transparent electrode.
There is a trade - off, though, between the low power required for
E Ink - based displays and a backlit screen, such
as on an iPad.
-LSB-...] 11, 2012 at
E Ink's US headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
as part of the creation of TKC 215.
Unlike most similar devices that only use the
E Ink screen
as a secondary display for certain apps, the Yotaphone 2 can be operated entirely using the
E Ink screen only.
If you have a dedicated
e-reader, such
as a Kindle or a Nook, you're using a technology called electrophoretic
ink, made by E Ink, to read your favorite boo
ink, made by
E Ink, to read your favorite boo
Ink, to read your favorite books.
As per an announcement by SiPix Technology, 82.7 percent shares of SiPix would be bought over by E Ink as the first part of the takeover proces
As per an announcement by SiPix Technology, 82.7 percent shares of SiPix would be bought over by
E Ink as the first part of the takeover proces
as the first part of the takeover process.
SiPix may pride itself
as the world leader in electronic paper and display innovation, though from now onwards, it will have to flaunt its status from under the aegis of rival
E Ink Holdings.
Without Nook
as a counter-weight to Amazon,
E Ink Corp is not going to do it on their own.
The fact that it has higher reflectance (twice
as much) than the ones on
E Ink makes me excited about it.
Not only this, the manufacturing process of CLEARink displays will also be significantly lesser
as the number of layers required are only three, compared to
E Ink's many many layers and LCD's three color layers plus the reflecting and polarizing layer.
A few months ago
E Ink unveiled an online store where they are directly selling
e-paper displays for
e-readers and also niche segments such
as luggage tags, grocery labels and smartwatches.
Since most people who are really into 13.3 inch
e ink reader will take this
as a crucial part and probably a determinant of buying or not.
As products and packaging design continue to go digital, ePaper is increasingly emerging as the technology of choice,» said Hui Lee, senior director for business development at E In
As products and packaging design continue to go digital, ePaper is increasingly emerging
as the technology of choice,» said Hui Lee, senior director for business development at E In
as the technology of choice,» said Hui Lee, senior director for business development at
E Ink.
One of the co-founders of
E Ink, Russ Wilcox leads the Company
as President & CEO.
The iPad and LCD ereaders and tablets are the biggest threat, but
as long
as dedicated ebook readers like the Kindle and Nook remain popular,
E Ink is going to continue to dictate the rate of technological advancement.
This would apply to the regular
E Ink Nook
as well and other merchandise from Barnes and Noble, including NOOKbooks.