Sentences with phrase «of eink»

Could this investment show promise for advancing the cause of eInk reader technology?

Adding touchscreen layer on top of eInk really ruins the image clarity.

Personally I'm a huge eReader fan and gadget geek as you can see from my pile of eInk hardware.

The problem was that second screen always degraded the quality of the eink, making it appear less crisp.

Rumors indicate Amazon may be working on something similar for its Kindle lineup of eInk eReaders.

The refresh rate of eink devices is fairly slow.

This is really exciting to me because I think it presents a clear way forward for the color eink screens and I would expect that the next generation of eink readers would all incorporate this type of screen including the Kindle and the nook.

Have you grown accustomed to the Collections organization capability of your eInk Kindle?

None of my eInk readers do a good job of it.

B&N has contributed significantly to the commoditization of eInk readers.

... Read More In praise of eInk and the Sony 505

One of the best features of eInk is the fact that the screen will retain the image displayed even when there is no electricity to power the digital sign.

Kindle 3 is the latest generation of eink device from Amazon.

The Wove Band, expected to hit the market in mid 2016, joins a selection of eink accessories out there, but offers more than just a pretty face.

B&N's Nook Tablet Sales This Year Ranged Between Diddly to Squat — Barnes & Noble is betting on the Nook to save its bacon and with the declining number of eink purchases, the Nook tablets are being pushed hard.

The most basic of eink displays come in black and white, while a modern electronic paper display can display up to 16 shades of gray.

I believe most ereaders do, as function of eink technology.

eInk today announced the release of eInk Fina, a new thin and lightweight electronic paper display (EPD).

It was only the invention of eInk that made them possible.

Not only is getting the last 10 % done difficult it's almost impossible given the state of eInk.

I'm leveraging the original work for the PDF, but I have to make some pretty basic and extensive mods to account for the display of eInk.

As I've mentioned several times in recent months, I expected Amazon to step up this fall with a serious refresh of the eInk Kindles, based on comments by executives during the year.

Even if gamers would forgo color, the refresh rate of eInk is just TOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOW.

The fact that there is an extra layer on top of the eInk (and it's not 100 % transparent) means that light goes through that transparent layer twice (i guess the refraction when changing materials factors in too) and gets degraded.

The power consumption of an eInk display is so small you can go for days without having recharge your eInk reader.

It's a 800 × 480 color TFT LCD instead of eInk, so battery life is limited at around 8 hours.

As resolutions of eInk screens go higher, the screen has to increase in physical size.

In many ways the state of eInk puts the Kindle at a huge disadvantage.

It's significantly quicker than the previous - gen Kindle, making the speed issue of eink all - but disappear.

It's only when we expand the scope of eInk and eReaders, that we can make real progress.

I'm still stuck in the box of thinking of eInk as mostly a paper replacement.

Approximately 3 years ago I got a tour of eInk's facility in Cambridge, MA.

This way nothing is overlayed on top of eInk avoiding low - contrast disaster that resistive tochscreen film caused in Sony PRS - 600.

It has higher contrast compared to older generations of eInk and quicker refresh time.

There's a lot more — replacing paper, the rise of eWriters, the state of eInk and eReader technology, the effect on reading, spread of eReaders in education, the prices we settle at, the revenue stream eBooks and eReaders provide.

The extremely low power consumption of eInk is nice, but doubt if it is as important of a concern as having a color display and tablets do have very good battery life considering.

At $ 120 to $ 139 for the Kindle WiFi it becomes a very tough decision — Then it comes down to what you think of eInk Pearl and which eReader features are most important to you.

The presence of eInk display in Nook e-readers allow them to display a maximum of 16 levels of grey.

The Kindle DX 2 Video page will give you an idea of the eInk Pearl screen and its excellent contrast.

Amazon does a ton of tweaks to improve performance of eInk.

The benefit of an eInk screen is that it reads like paper, and it uses less battery power compared to LCD screens.

However, there're limitations of eInk screens:

And yes, there are a lot of eInk Kindles in use!

Isnt there a point where you start losing the benefit of an eink screen?

B&N are most likely going to to underwhelm with the announcement of a eink Nook 2 (Pearl Screen, maybe a touch layer).

The Story HD makes up for the shortcomings in terms of hardware with one of the best resolutions of eInk in the business.

I find the interesting is Kindle is a dedicated reading device & owners convert quickly to the ease, convenience and the ability of its eInk screen to display is well l in sunlight.Thanks for this review.

• Anyway I'm still going to buy one when it (finally) comes to market in USA — the new device appears to be the most polished piece of eInk «paper» we're likely to see for years to come.

Cybook Opus also boasts of extra long battery life with the usage of eInk technology.

The incredibly unique combination of eink and touchscreen, the free 3G.