Readmoo unveiled the Mooink V at Touch Taiwan, likely the most significant event of the year regarding fun e-paper technology. The Mooink V is the first foldable e-reader with a giant 8-inch touchscreen display. The screen can be folded to fit perfectly in a pocket and has two reading angles: fully open, 180 degrees, and 90 degrees. It is made of an aluminum-magnesium alloy, and the foldable crease, when open, is hardly noticeable. It also employs an E INK Gallery 3 color e-paper with 300 PPI resolution. This might be the ultimate e-reader.
The E Ink Gallery panel used this time has undergone the development of multiple new materials, stacking optimization, and has passed 200,000 bending tests. It took 9 years to develop and reach mass production level. It can display close to 50,000 different colors, and new tech has increased page-turn and device speed.
What I find very interesting is the design firm that made this. It was produced by the KOTOK team from Sony Design Center in Japan. Designer Hiroshi Anfu won the Red Dot and IF Design Awards in 2018 for his GVIDO e-paper music score.
Readmoo CEO Pang Wenzhen pointed out: “The team has always been looking for lighter and more colorful reading solutions for readers. We are delighted to cooperate with E Ink to launch MooInk V. The folding design effectively reduces the device’s size, improves the convenience of reading on the go, and considers the visible range of the page. Readers have been looking forward to it for a long time.
“We are very excited that the world’s first foldable color e-book reader is about to be released,” said E Ink Chairman Zhenghao Li. “E Ink has continued to improve its e-paper technology, from black and white to color display, and expanded to larger e-paper panels to meet diverse applications and consumer needs. Foldable technology is a key area in which we have invested a lot of R&D resources. Now that the first foldable e-book reader has been successfully developed, we look forward to bringing consumers a new reading experience that is light, portable, colorful, comfortable, and natural.”
📚✨ Say hello to the world’s first foldable color eReader — the mooInk V!
Unveiled at Touch Taiwan, this 8″ marvel folds like a book, fits in your pocket, and brings color to E Ink like never before.
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— E Ink (@EInk) April 16, 2025
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.