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 […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Ricoh eQuill ePaper business tablet hits the FCC
At first glance the Ricoh eQill looks like just another eReader with an E Ink display. But it’s actually an enterprise tablet designed to fit into a paperless (or at least paper-less) office. The idea is that the eQuill connects to your server over WiFi or 3G and lets you read and sign documents without wasting […]
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Color ePaper displays on the way
E Ink has announced the launch of a new color ePaper technology. The new Triton Imaging Film technology has been in the works for a while, but now that E Ink says it’s ready for prime time, it’s likely that we’ll start to see color eBook Readers and related devices soon. Yesterday device maker Hanvon […]
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DIY Pixel Qi netbook screen kits coming soon
It’s still not clear when the first tablets, netbooks, or other devices with Pixel Qi displays will start to hit the streets. But Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen says that you’ll be able to pick up a DIY kit for installing a Pixel Qi screen in your own device by this summer. Pixel Qi’s […]
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Hands on with the Notion Ink Adam tablet (Pixel Qi screen, Tegra 2 graphics)
This year’s CES has been dominated by 3D TV, eBook readers, and a plethora of tablets. But the Notion Ink Adam tablet manages to stand out from the tablet crowd by sporting some of the hottest new technology. And I really do mean hot, and not just hyped. First, it’s one of the first devices […]
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The color eBook readers of CES (so far)
One of the hottest trends at CES so far (or at least the pre-show events I’ve attended this week) is eBook readers. It seems like everybody’s got a handheld device for reading eBooks. Most of them are high contrast black and white jobs with long-lasting batteries and highly viewable displays that are rather slow to […]