E Ink Unveils Foldable 10.2 inch E-paper Display

E Ink has a new foldable screen that is ready for mass production. The 10.2 inch display features a Carta Mobius plastic flexible panel with 220 PPI. The prototype features an ereader that can open and close like a real book. This is a big deal because it is not just a screen, but a fully functional e-reader with the motherboard, processor, battery and RAM underneath the hood.

It remains to be seen if any companies will take a gamble on a foldable e-reader. It would eliminate the need of a hinged design like the dual screen Gvido employs. Still, a truly foldable digital reader has been the dream of millions of people who devor e-books on a regular basis. I am sure if a great commercial product where to be released, it would sell like hotcakes.

Michael Kozlowski

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

Vance Vance

That is compact and protective! A school text ‘book,’ is one interpretation. Software being everything, allowing note-taking on each page / in the margins, to be viewed (or not) as written, but also as a separate blank page display of all scribed notes (and doodles), then it should be most useful. Spot quizzes and test-taking could be wirelessly downloaded simultaneously to each student’s book, with their results automatically uploaded at a pre-appointed time…ready or not.
A daily, hourly, weekly, breaking news, etc. pre-determined, scheduled wireless connection (saving battery power) newspaper is another interpretation.
Luke

now thats something I would definitely replace my ereader with. fingers crossed for a comnercial product in foreseeable future.
Heidi Steindel

Looks good for college textbook and maybe write and take notes on with a stylus but it is too big for me. Would be good for digital newspapers I bet
eu adi

Course another prototype that we dont have any place to buy it and usually never appear for the public. Waste of time
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