Not exact matches
Controllers are easier to design than the electrophoretic screen itself... Here it's the
eInk monopoly that's been the most damaging to the
ereader market... witness the small screens with low dpi after 15 yrs of R&D... Compare with phones
At present, the
eReader market is dominated by two screen technologies: the grayscale
eInk displays found on the Kindle and a few others and the color LCD panels you'll see on devices like the Nook Color.
You have 20 % of the ebook
market, the # 2
eInk eReader, and the hottest non-iPad tablet.
Perhaps PVI /
eInk thinks color
eReaders will only have 10 %
market share because they will be markedly more expensive or not as good as black and white
eInk.
There's still a strong
market for
eReaders, of course, as their
eInk displays and ridiculously long battery life are generally preferred by those who just want to read things on a tablet device.
eInk Holdings, the company which supplies the screens found on most of the popular
eReaders on the
market today such as those on Kindles, Kobos and Nooks have just released their last quarter earnings.
Back then Kindle software 2.0.2 was just released, Amazon was being sued by Discovery Communications and Amazon itself was sending DMCA takedown notes to MobileRead.com, Fujitsu FLEPia was expected to take
eReader market by storm with it's color
eInk and first rumors about what would become 9.7 ″ Kindle DX surfaced.