The 10.3 inch ReMarkable ereader has been in development for many years and the company has announced that they will begin shipping 11,000 units to people who pre-ordered in on August 29th.This dedicated note taking device has garnered a tremendous amount of buzz, primarily due to their high-friction pen tip that has over 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, but it costs … [Read more...] about ReMarkable e-Reader is going to ship on August 29th
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Sony and E Ink Form a New Joint Venture
E Ink and Sony have been working with each other for many years on a number of e-paper initiatives. Sony conducted the research and development on Mobius E-paper and had exclusivity on the technology for their Digital Paper e-Reader. The two companies have just announced that they are forming an official joint venture for the designing, developing, manufacturing, selling, … [Read more...] about Sony and E Ink Form a New Joint Venture
E-Ink Q3 2016 Net Profit Declines by 35%
E-Ink has just hosted an investor's conference and told their shareholders that in Q3 2016 they had a 24% increase in revenue, which was a new high. Sadly though, their net profit experienced a 35% decline QOQ. EIH expects royalty revenues from licensing of FFS (fringe field switching) TFT-LCD technology to shrink 15-20% in 2016. EIH in September 2016 shut down its 2.5G LCD … [Read more...] about E-Ink Q3 2016 Net Profit Declines by 35%
What is Next for the e-Reader Industry in 2017?
Over the course of 2016 there has not been any major shifts in technology to take e-readers to a new level, but there have been a few notable changes. Kobo and Tolino have incorporated yellow LED lights to inhibit the amount of blue light that emits from the front-lit display. Amazon released the Kindle Oasis which is the thinnest e-reader in the world and comes with a case … [Read more...] about What is Next for the e-Reader Industry in 2017?
Electronic paper revitalizes the museum
The earliest written explanations of exhibits on display in a museum date back as far as 530 BCE, when clay cylinders in different languages were used to accompany the artifacts in the Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum of Ancient Ur. For centuries now most museums have kept this approach to displaying an exhibit, printing and reprinting gallery cards to let museum visitors into the … [Read more...] about Electronic paper revitalizes the museum
E-Ink Develops New Color E-Paper
E Ink has just announced a new Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP), a high quality, full color reflective display. For the first time ever, an electrophoretic display (EPD) can produce full color at every pixel without the use of a color filter array. It can display over 32,000 different colors and has a resolution of 1600 x 2500 pixels and 150 PPI. ACeP achieves a full color … [Read more...] about E-Ink Develops New Color E-Paper
Dai Nippon and E Ink Form a New Partnership
E-Ink Holdings and Dai Nippon Printing Co. have just announced a new joint partnership. They plan on developing of new line of products for sales promotion and security industries. E-Ink plans on creating a new product display stand that would sit behind a sales counter and stock very specific products. The exact image and color scheme could be changed on the fly and be … [Read more...] about Dai Nippon and E Ink Form a New Partnership
E-Reader Companies Refuse to Innovate – Let’s Force Them
The e-reader industry has lost most of its innovative spirit, the vast majority of companies that were around from 2007 to 2011 are all out of business. There was some truly interesting e-paper technology that could have changed the game, such as Bridgestone e-paper, Liquavista, LG, Mirasol, Pixel QI, and Plastic Logic. The reason why most of these companies abandoned the … [Read more...] about E-Reader Companies Refuse to Innovate – Let’s Force Them
New E-Paper Shoes lets you be the designer
E-paper has traditionally been relegated towards e-readers, but in the last year it has expanded into fashion. A new pair of sneakers are being developed by David Coelho named ShiftWear. They have color an e-paper display on the sides that let you control what images or animations you want to appear via a mobile app. They are also machine washable, so you can make sure your new … [Read more...] about New E-Paper Shoes lets you be the designer
What Would Make you Upgrade your e-reader?
e-Reader technology does not improve at the exponential rate as tablets and smartphones do. New e-paper comes out every two or three years and there seldom is a compelling enough reason to spend a hundred dollars to buy a new device. Once in awhile new e-readers like the Kindle Voyage and Kobo H2O comes out and pack in new features not seen before. So the question is, what … [Read more...] about What Would Make you Upgrade your e-reader?
Sloppy BBC Article Draws the Ire of the e-Reader World
The BBC recently penned their prospective on a new report by the Harvard Medical School that linked the use of tablets at night to an overall sleep onset delay of around ten minutes, and 11 minutes less REM sleep. The report basically equated e-readers, such as the Kindle as using the same screen technology as the iPad. Mainstream media such as the BBC is spreading a terrible … [Read more...] about Sloppy BBC Article Draws the Ire of the e-Reader World