Archos is adding a fourth smartwatch to its lineup. The company introduced 3 smartwatches in January, including a $129 watch with a low-power E Ink display. Now the company plans to launch another E Ink model, this time with a touchscreen display. The first 3 Archos smartwatches are expected to hit the streets in May […]
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Next-gen YotaPhone has E Ink, color touchscreens
Russian phone maker YotaPhone introduced one of the most unusual Android phones late last year with the introduction of a dual-screen handset with a color display on one side and an E Ink screen on the other. Now YotaPhone is getting ready to launch a next-generation model. This time both displays feature touchscreens, letting you […]
Hands-on with the Archos Smartwatch family
Archos plans to launch three different smartwatches this summer, with prices ranging from $50 to $129. All three models are designed to pair with an iPhone or Android device and let you view notifications on your wrist or control media playback using on-screen controls. There are three models. The cheapest will cost $50, and it […]
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 […]
E Ink introduces Fina displays: 50 percent thinner, lighter
E Ink has introduced a new type of ePaper display which it says is half the weigh and half the thickness of a typical glass-based LCD. The company says that makes it new Fina screens well suited for devices that are larger than your typical tablet or eReader, since you can use an E Ink […]
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 […]
Yotaphone dual-screen phone with ePaper display to ship in 2013
The Yotaphone is a dual-screen smartphone that’s a party up front, and business on the back. At first glance, it looks like any other Android smartphone with a full color LCD display. But flip it over and there’s a second screen on the back, and this one’s an energy-sipping, sunlight readable, grayscale ePaper screen. In […]
Kobo Glo hacked to run Android
The Kobo Glo is a 6 inch eReader with a 1024 x 768 pixel E Ink display, a 1 GHz processor, 2GB of storage, a microSD card slot, and up to a month of battery life. It has a touchscreen display, a front-light for reading in the dark, and Kobo’s software for reading (and buying) […]
Lilbits (9-10-2013): Turning a Kobo Reader into a DIY Linux tablet
Tired of waiting for a sunlight viewable tablet with a Pixel Qi display? You can sort of build your own tablet for outdoor use by taking an eReader with an E Ink touchscreen and loading a full-fledged GNU/Linux operating system on it. That’s what MobileRead forum member MarkGibek did when he installed Debian on the […]
PocketBook introduces Galaxy S4 case with ePaper screen
There are at least two problems with most smartphone displays: They can be tough to view outdoors, and they can be power hogs that run down your battery. PocketBook has a solution for both problems… and it comes in the form of a special case for the Samsung Galaxy S4. PocketBook’s case features a 4.3 […]