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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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 […]
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 […]
E Ink launches next-gen “Carta” display technology
You know how Amazon says the new Kindle Paperwhite has a higher contrast screen than its predecessors? It looks like Amazon has E Ink to thank for that. The company that makes the screens found in most eReaders has unveiled its next-gen display technology, called “Carta.” According to E Ink, the new screens have whiter […]
EnerGenie ePP2 is a 9.7 inch eReader that’s positioned as an ePaper printer
Tired of wasting paper every time you print a set of directions, a news article, or a presentation you’re only going to use once? A German company has a greener solution: An eReader which is being market as an ePaper printer. Here’s the idea, plug the EnerGenie ePP2 into your PC and it will register […]
PaperTab concept tablet is a 10.7 inch, flexible ePaper tablet
Plastic Logic, Intel, and Queen’s University in the UK are showing off a prototype of a new tablet concept with a flexible ePaper screen. It’s called the PaperTab, and while it’s a 10.7 inch plastic screen, it’s designed to look and feel like paper. You can hold it in your hands like a piece of […]
Pebble $115 E-Paper watch will sync with iPhone, Android
Smart watches may be the biggest thing in geeky wrist accessories since watches with tiny calculators built in. For over a decade companies have been pitching watches that can run apps or widgets, connect to the internet, and do more than just tell time. But they haven’t really taken off. Now Motorola and Sony are […]
LG introduces 6 inch flexible e-Paper display
Most popular eBook readers on the market today have the same boring screen: a 6 inch, 800 x 600 pixel e-ink display. Sure, it doesn’t use much power and looks great outdoors. But will it bend? I didn’t think so. Enter LG’s new flexible electronic paper display. LG’s new screen is a 6 inch, 1024 […]