While Amazon likes to obfuscate this fact, the underlying black and
white electronic ink display in the Paperwhite isn't made by Amazon, but its old partner (and holder of many patents on the technology) E Ink.
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.
The Nook costs 259 dollars — the same price as the basic Kindle — and features a black - and -
white electronic ink display for reading books and a color touchpad for navigation.
Not exact matches
The two companies have done a few things in the past, primarily leveraging E
Ink Spectra technology, which include red and yellow colors into the traditionally black and
white electronic retail tags.
Another major disadvantage is that most
electronic ink displays are currently black and
white.
Instead, get one of these lightweight, quality e-readers with black - and -
white «
electronic ink» screens for the bookworm in your life:
E
Ink shows Yotaphone 2 now mass produced Smartphone with curved flexible E
Ink always - on back display, 32» 2560x1440 color and black and
white E
Ink Pearl by GDS for Digital Signage for train stations, bus stops, stores, waterproof and break - proof, E
Ink as
Electronic Shelf Tags having sold over 30 million units thus far in the past 2 years (100 % growth yr / yr) thus potentially selling over 40 million units in 2015 alone if the growth continues at the same rate!
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.
The puzzle piece: E
Ink's 9.7»
electronic paper display, with drivers (colored orange and
white) located alongside the whole length of both sides of the rectangular screen.
The most common solution to displaying color on e
ink had traditionally been a color filter array overlaid over a black and
white electronic paper screen.
Capsules filled with negatively and positively charged particles color the surface of an
electronic paper display black or
white when an electric charge is applied (Image source: E
Ink ®)
With the high technology of putting layers of plastic film inside
electronic circuitry that hold
electronic ink, the end result can display thousands of eBooks in black and
white on a non-glare display.
Each capsule contains an oily solution containing black dye (the
electronic ink), with numerous
white titanium dioxide particles suspended within.
Conventional
ink on paper has a much higher brightness and black - and -
white color contrast than
electronic paper.