Most e-readers have
electronic ink screens.
All use high - contrast
electronic ink screens that only use power when «turning» the page, so the batteries last for weeks or months at a time.
Unlike the back - light screens of laptops and tablets,
the electronic ink screens of E-Readers look like paper and don't tire the eyes.
«Readers continue to choose Kindle for its all - new
electronic ink screen with 50 percent higher contrast, readability in bright sunlight, long battery life of up to one month, light 8.5 ounce form, flexibility to read their books across all major LCD devices and platforms, and low $ 139 price.
Unfortunately, this isn't all that useful in practice; Web pages remained static in
the electronic ink screen, but still scrolled properly in the LCD in my tests.
Amazon insists that when it comes to reading e-books, the device that does it best is the Kindle and its black - and - white
electronic ink screen is better than the iPad's backlit color LCD display, which Bezos says causes eye strain.
Fifty - eight percent of the Toronto - based company is currently owned by Indigo Books & Music Like most e-book readers the Kobo uses
an electronic ink screen.
The ebook reader features
an electronic ink screen with 1024 x 768 pixel resolution similar to the one found on the popular Amazon Kindle but does not have any wireless connectivity.
Also let us not forget another possibility largely neglected in Android namely the dual screen option with the second screen being
an electronic ink screen ideal for use outdoors and offering functionality of certain apps like the phone app, e-book reading, music players etc but not others.
Not exact matches
And because no
ink is involved, a unit could be housed in
electronic devices such as televisions to make prints of imagery on the
screen.
Dubbed as the material of the future, graphene exhibits unique
electronic properties that can potentially be employed for a wide range of applications such as touch
screens, conductive
inks and fast - charging batteries.
The all - new Kindle has an
electronic -
ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than any other e-reader, a new sleek design with a 21 percent smaller body while still keeping the same 6 - inch - size reading area, 15 percent lighter weight at just 8.5 ounces, 20 percent faster page turns, up to one month of battery life with wireless off, double the storage to 3,500 books, no glare even in bright sunlight and built - in Wi - Fi - all for only $ 139.
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G feature an easy - to - use touch
screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced
electronic ink display.
BENQ is also releasing the nReader E-Reader, which will have the industry standard six - inch display, although it will be a touch -
screen electronic ink display.
E
Ink is the market leader in the manufacture of high - quality intellectual property in the field of
electronic screens and strives together with customers, suppliers and industry partners to build a sustainable eco-system.
Designed to be loved by the public and easy to install for cities and developers, the Soofa Sign is made up of a color 32 - inch E
Ink electronic paper display and is powered by Visionect's advanced signage technology, which allows the e-paper
screen to use up as little energy as possible and seamlessly update the sign with real - time content.
Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy - to - use touch
screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes — still with all the benefits of the most advanced
electronic ink display.
With the Kindle, I had to hit «next page» and «prev page» repeatedly, and the pages took their sweet time to turn, because the «
electronic ink» technology of the
screen doesn't respond as fast as a computer
screen.
Students were also impressed with the «
electronic ink»
screen, which Amazon touts as far easier on the eyes than reading off a computer monitor.
The e-reader with a lit
screen should soon become the standard for
Electronic Ink tablets, as it does not reason that Man should read in the Dark any longer.
Kindle wirelessly downloads books on a high - resolution
electronic -
ink screen that looks and reads just like real paper, even in bright sunlight.»
Screen Comparison: E Ink Carta vs E Ink Pearl Analyzing and comparing the differences with E Ink's latest electronic paper screen techn
Screen Comparison: E
Ink Carta vs E
Ink Pearl Analyzing and comparing the differences with E
Ink's latest
electronic paper
screen techn
screen technology.
ePaper (also known as e-paper,
electronic paper and
electronic ink) is a display technology developed to show text on a
screen and mimic the appearance of
ink on paper in printed books.
Most
electronic ink and paper
screens use a technology called electrophoresis, which sounds complex but simply means using electricity to move tiny particles (in this case
ink) through a fluid (in this case a liquid or gel).
Two of the most impressive
electronic ink devices are the 10.5 - inch Que proReader by Plastic Logic and 11.5 inch Skiff Reader; both touch
screen devices are 3G enabled.
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).
Instead, get one of these lightweight, quality e-readers with black - and - white «
electronic ink»
screens for the bookworm in your life:
Inside the Amazon Kindle Oasis is a small motherboard (center) which houses the CPU, memory and storage, the electroplated chassis (left), the
screen cover, right, a battery (top center) and an
electronic Ink display (not shown).
The press release doesn't specify what the exact difference is with the new
screens, all it says is: «The new, graphite Kindle DX uses Amazon's all new
electronic ink display with 50 percent improved contrast for the clearest text and the sharpest images.»
The DX's extra-large
electronic -
ink screen is designed to make reading magazines and textbooks easier, and it does, but current Kindle users shouldn't rush to upgrade.
Of course, the biggest difference between the Kindle DX and the Kindle is the size of the
electronic -
ink screen — the DX's is 2.5 times larger.
He also defended not deploying backlight technology as some have called for in Kindle 2, calling its
electronic ink display «absolutely the right technology, since you don't want to read a backlit
screen for three hours and have it shorten battery life.»
In addition to showing books on the primary
electronic -
ink screen, the Alex can also browse the Web or display full color video on a second 3.5 - inch touch -
screen LCD.
Amazon upgraded its flagship e-reader, adding the Paperwhite system for illuminating its
electronic -
ink screen.
Kindle tips the scales at a total 10.3 ounces — «That's less than a paperback book,» Bezos said — and uses an «
electronic ink» technology to mimic paper, not a computer
screen.
The
electronic paper
screen from E
Ink ™ uses charged ink particles to provide an ultra-high contrast displ
Ink ™ uses charged
ink particles to provide an ultra-high contrast displ
ink particles to provide an ultra-high contrast display.
ONYX BOOX Vasco da Gama 2 is a device for reading
electronic books with the latest «
electronic paper» E
Ink Carta
screen and built - in MOON light system and the SNOW Fiel function.
ONYX BOOX Darwin 4 is a device for reading
electronic books with the E
Ink Carta Plus
screen of the latest generation, which has a higher definition and contrast, the built - in MOON Light system and the SNOW Field function.
E
Ink Carta Plus is the latest generation of
screens made by «
electronic paper» technology.
E
Ink Carta Plus is the latest generation of
screens made on the «
electronic paper» technology.
With its 13 - inch E
Ink electronic paper
screen, Onethree supports all major content management systems, its open Application Programming Interface (API) making displaying content a simple matter of using a website address.
But the iPad has a glossy
screen, so it might not be as easy on the eyes as the Kindle and other e-readers, which generally sport
electronic -
ink technology.
And though tablet
screens will soon offer higher resolution and brighter colors than the
electronic ink still favored by most e-readers, you may find that staring at a digital display for hours can tire out your eyes (especially if you've already been doing it at work all day).
The coveted 32» display produced by manufacturer E
Ink ®, for example, is in actuality four displays seamlessly tiled together into a bigger - sized
screen, creating an
electronic sign large enough to support uses in information kiosks, menuing systems and retail.
Designed by Technoframe and running on Visionect technology powering E
Ink ®'s
electronic paper
screens, London's new bus stops have superb visibility in all light conditions, and use no energy to retain an image displayed.
Introduced in 2001 by E
Ink, the active matrix
electronic paper display makes it possible for each of the individual
screen pixels to change color for the first time, expanding the potential and versatility of the technology.
E-paper manufacturer E
Ink ®, one of Visionect's main technology partners, has just unveiled a 42 - inch
electronic paper display, the largest size e-paper
screen ever developed, at CES in Las Vegas.
The Soofa Sign is made up of a color 32 - inch E
Ink ®
electronic paper display and is powered by Visionect's advanced signage technology, which allows the e-paper
screen to use up as little energy as possible and seamlessly update the sign with real - time content.
Kindle reads like printed words on paper because the
screen works using real
ink and doesn't use a backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other
electronic displays.
As you push the button to flip the page, an
electronic charge rearranges all the E
Ink micro-capsules to either white or black to display the text on the
screen.