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Closer look: Yotaphone 2 dual-screen smartphone with color, E Ink screens

The Yotaphone 2 is a smartphone with two screens. There’s a 5 inch, full HD color AMOLED display on one side. But flip the phone over and you’ll find a 4.7 inch, 960 x 540 pixel E Ink screen. You can use the color screen for typical Android apps and the energy efficient, black and […]

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Yotaphone 2 is a dual-screen smartphone with AMOLED, ePaper displays

As expected, Yota has unveiled its latest dual-screen smartphone. The Yotaphone 2 features a 5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel AMOLED display on one side. But flip the phone over and you’ll find a 4.7 inch, 960 x 540 pixel always-on ePaper display. You can use a wallpaper on that second screen to customize the […]

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Intel demonstrates a laptop with a second E Ink screen on the lid

Dual-screen laptops haven’t really taken off… but maybe that’s just because device makers haven’t found the right way to put a second screen on a portable computer just yet. The Asus Taichi line of notebooks feature screens on both sides of the lid — so when the lid is closed you find yourself holding a tablet. […]

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Lilbits (3-19-2014): OnePlus One equals swappable rear covers

The folks at OnePlus are generating a lot of buzz for their upcoming smartphone which will run CyanogenMod software, features a 5.5 inch, 1080p display, and support up to 64GB of storage. They’re doing that by announcing the phone’s specs one at a time… and the latest detail the company is sharing is support for […]

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Yotaphone’s dual-screen smartphone is now available (in Europe and Russia)

Smartphone screens can be energy hogs, and they can be tough to see in direct sunlight. One solution would be to use an E Ink screen instead of a traditional LCD display — but while E Ink screens use far less power, they usually have slow screen refresh rates and don’t do a good job […]

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Yotaphone dual-screen, E Ink smartphone launches Dec 4th (in Russia)

Nothing works harder to kill your smartphone’s battery life than the display. That big, bright, full color screen sucks power like crazy, which is one reason why many modern smartphones can run for a day or two if you’re just listening to music, but die in a matter of hours when you’re surfing the web […]

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Yotaphone smartphone with secondary ePaper display coming in November

There are a few ways to get better battery life from a smartphone. You could stuff a huge battery in the case. Or you could use a less power-hungry display. The Yotaphone takes the latter approach — by giving you two displays. On the front of the smartphone there’s a full color touchscreen display which […]

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Notion Ink Adam II unveiled: 10 inch tablet with secondary display for notifications

Notion Ink is back with a new Android tablet. And just like the original Notion Ink Adam tablet, the new Adam II is designed with a little outside-the-box thinking. The relatively small Indian company made headlines a few years ago by introducing one of the first tablets with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, and […]