It's unlikely Amazon will release another large - screen E Ink ereader again, especially now that they've invested in
color electrowetting display technology.
«Three -
color electrowetting display device for electronic paper.»
Not exact matches
(PhysOrg.com)-- By rapidly manipulating
colored oil droplets stacked on top of each other, a new
electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper displays that can produce high - resolution
color video.
Freescale is the leading supplier of e-reader processors with the majority of e-readers currently doing the rounds in the market having a Freescale processor at its core while Liquavista is a pioneer of
color e-reader display and has the
electrowetting LiquavistaColor display technology to its credit.
The LiquavistaBright and LiquavistaColor display screens makes use of the
electrowetting technology, which is all about putting to use electricity to bring about a contraction or expansion of the surface tension of
colored oil films.
Based on
electrowetting technology, it can deliver monochrome reading experience having high brightness while at the same time, the screen can also deliver a vivid hi - fidelity video display having rich
colors.
Is it true that an
electrowetting screen would be true
color e-ink?
With
Electrowetting displays, the modification of the surface tension is used to obtain a simple optical switch by contracting a
colored oil film through applying a voltage.
There are also some other e-paper technologies apart from E-Ink like
electrowetting that can produce fairly deep
colors, but the displays are expensive and consume more power, Gasman said.
There hasn't been any official announcement yet, but it appears that Samsung has acquired Liquavista, a company developing displays that use
electrowetting to allow for full
color visibility both indoors and out.
Combining the advantages of LCD (video,
color, interactivity) with those of E-ink (readability and low power consumption) in a single display is what we can do with our
electrowetting displays.
Liquavista's
electrowetting displays are
color, unlike the black - and - white screens used on the Kindle ebook readers.
Always well informed on e-reader news, Nate Hoffelder (after fooling me with the promise of an
electrowetting color screen) suggests this one will have a battery case, but details are thin on the ground.