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Kobo’s first color eReaders are coming April 30th for $150 and up

E Ink has been making paper-like displays for decades, but up until a few years ago most of the company’s screens have been black and white displays that support 16 shades of grey, but no color. That started to change in 2020 when the first eReaders and eNote devices with E Ink Kaleido displays started […]

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PocketBook Era Color is a 7 inch eReader with a Kaleido 3 display and page turn buttons

The PocketBook Era Color is an upcoming eBook reader with a 7 inch E Ink Kaleido 3 color display, a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor, 32GB of storage, and a waterproof design. Pocketbook hasn’t announced how much the Era Color will cost in the US yet, but the company is showing a 259 Euro list price […]

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Bigme InkNote X Color is a 10.3 inch E Ink tablet with pen support and a Dimensity 900 processor

The Bigme InkNote X Color is a 10.3 inch Android tablet with an E Ink Kaleido 3 color display that’s designed not just for reading, but also for writing thanks to support for pressure-sensitive pen input. At first glance the Chinese company’s latest eNote looks a lot like the InkNote Color that I reviewed a few years […]

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The Minimal Phone hits Indiegogo for $350 and up (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard)

The Minimal Phone is an Android phone with a screen that bucks almost every trend in the modern smartphone space. Instead of a big screen with vibrant colors and a high refresh rate it has a small black and white E Ink display positioned above a physical keyboard, making the phone look a bit like a modern […]

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A Lenovo subsidiary designed this dual-screen E Ink book, notebook, laptop… thing

Lenovo subsidiary Hefei LCFC has designed a portable device called Gemini that combines two 7.8 inch E Ink displays in a way that allows you to use the system as a laptop computer (with a virtual keyboard), an actual notebook (with pen support), or a book (by folding the screen so you can see just […]

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The Minimal Phone pairs an E Ink screen with a QWERTY keyboard and Android (crowdfunding)

Most modern smartphones have big, colorful touchscreen displays and lack physical keyboards. The Minimal Phone bucks both trends. It takes two very niche features and combines them into a single device: it’s an Android-powered smartphone with a square E Ink display and a QWERTY keyboard. You can’t actually buy this phone yet, but the developer says […]

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E Ink let you change the colors and patterns on the back of this Infinix smartphone prototype

E Ink’s Prism 3 color display technology isn’t designed for eBook readers or tablets. Instead it’s a low-power, programmable display solution that can be used for digital signage… or even for things like cars that can change color. This year Lenovo plans to launch a laptop that lets you customize the colors and patterns on […]

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Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 SPE has an E Ink Prism lid for customizable designs

The Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 SPE is a concept computer designed to give users the ability to customize the look of their laptops thanks to an E Ink Prism 3 color display on the lid. First unveiled last year, E Ink’s Prism 3 technology is a low-power, programmable solution that can display simple graphics and […]

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Bigme B751 is a 7 inch E Ink tablet with Android 11 and support for pen and speech-to-text input

The Bigme B751 is an E Ink tablet with a 7 inch black and white display featuring 300 pixels per inch, a 2.3 GHz octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and pen that lets you write notes or draw pictures thanks to 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity. Bigme’s device also has a mic […]

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PocketBook InkPad Color 3 eReader with a 7.8 inch E Ink Kaleido 3 color display now available for $329

The PocketBook InkPad Color line of eReaders have been around for a few years, with each model packing a 7.8 inch E Ink color display. Now the company has launched the first model featuring an E Ink Kaleido 3 display. After launching in Europe in October, the new PocketBook Inkpad Color 3is now available in […]