Mar 28
The holy grail of flexible electronics is a reading device that you can roll up and stuff in your pocket. And now, thanks to Sony and E Ink, we’re almost, sort of, kinda there. If you have $1,100 to spare.
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Feb 24
This particularly sleek-looking, dual-screened Android is the second iteration of the Russian Yota Phone—and, unlike
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Feb 24
Russian mobile-making startup Yota Devices has just unveiled the next generation of its dual-screen smartphone, the YotaPhone. As with the current first-gen model, which went on sale in Russia and select European markets last December, the handset’s flagship feature is that it’s two-sided, with a full colour touchscreen display on the front and a low-power consuming e-ink display on the rear. Read More
Jan 07
The biggest advantage to e-ink display technology is its incredible battery life. It means your Kindle can flip through book after book before needing a charge, and it allows this gorgeous digital wall clock to run for months on just a single cell-sized watch battery.
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Dec 04
The dual-sided YotaPhone, which slaps a 4.3-inch E Ink display on the back of an Android smartphone, has gone on sale, with the ability to switch content between its double screens. Revealed at CES back in January, the YotaPhone is up for order now priced at €499 ($679) in Russia, Austria, France, Spain, and Germany, […]
Dec 03
The folks over at E Ink has just announced the upcoming rollout of E Ink Fina, which happens to be a spanking new thin and lightweight electronic paper display (EPD) technology. Just what kind of applications can Fina be involved in? For starters, it will be the first EPD which will enter mass production for small to large format digital paper products that are based on a thin glass Thin Film Transistor (TFT) technology. To celebrate this announcement, the folks over at PocketBook have also delivered a product of their own, known as the PocketBook CAD Reader. This PocketBook CAD Reader holds the distinction of being the first Fina ePaper Android-powered device which was specially designed to display drawings that have been generated with Autocad from Autodesk. Something tells me that you aren’t going to see the PocketBook CAD Reader being spotted over at Starbucks and other local cafes.
Here is a little bit more on Fina technology in order to understand it better – Fina happens to be a glass based TFT technology which will rely on a very thin glass substrate so that it can deliver products which are a whole lot lighter and far thinner compared to what is possible with standard LCD displays. In fact, Fina displays weigh less than 50% of the weight of an equivalent glass based TFT, and happens to be less than 50% of the thickness to boot. For instance, when you take a 13.3″ Fina display module that has been installed in the Pocket CAD Reader, it would tip the scales at approximately 60 grams.
Apart from this high tech display, the PocketBook CAD Reader will also make use of a powerful 1GHz dual-core CPU that runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, where it will be accompanied by 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Other hardware specifications include built-in Wi-Fi and 3G modules, a large 8,000 mAh battery and pre-installed CAD-applications that have been specially tailored to meet the needs of the mobile user. The PocketBook CAD Reader is able to hold the plans for up to 200 construction projects, and these are able to be edited and shared via the collaboration workspace. With an integrated touch screen display and precise Wacom digitizer support, it will enable both touch and a stylus for fine detail work.
Press Release
[ E Ink announces Fina lightweight electronic paper display copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Dec 02
E Ink Introduces Fina E-Reader
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E Ink has come up with some pretty interesting displays in the past, and this time around, we have a new kind of screen technology from the folks over at E Ink that they call Fina. Fina will rely on technology which makes use of an extremely thin glass substrate which will supposedly end up eventually in displays that measure less than 50% where thickness and weight are concerned, especially when one compares it to “an equivalent glass-based TFT.”
In the press release (which you can read by following the link below), the Fina would be ideal for implementation in the PocketBook CAD Reader. This PocketBook CAD Reader happens to be a spanking new 13.3-inch device, which also happens to be the very first device that appears with Fina technology underneath the hood. Apart from that, the PocketBook CAD Reader will also arrive with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory and Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich as the operating system of choice. It does not seem as though the PocketBook CAD Reader will make its way to formal sales channels anytime soon, since the main reason of its existence would be to display drawings from Autocad. After all, it has been declared to see action on construction sites instead of in everyday situations. [Press Release]
E Ink Introduces Fina E-Reader original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 25
Many programs provide an option to save or “print” documents as PDF files, but transferring or accessing the PDF on the go will require a couple of extra steps. You may have to sync your tablet with your computer or cloud service, mail the document or copy it on a flash drive. EnerGenie has a simpler solution: just print on E-ink.
The EnerGenie ePP2 is a specialized ebook reader. When you connect it to a computer via USB, it will be recognized as a printer. Print as you would normally, but select the ePP2 as your printer to send your document to the device. You can then view your file on the ePP2′s 9.7″ 1600 x 1200 E-ink display. Use its stylus if you need to fill out forms, append your signature or make notes. It also has a complementary program that lets you send a document from the ePP2 back to a computer as a PDF file.
According to Liliputing, the ePP2 will be sold for around €399 to €499 (~$540 to $670 USD). Ultimately I wouldn’t recommend it at this point. It’s way too expensive , it has limited features – it doesn’t even have network connectivity – and as I said, you can go paperless with practically any tablet and a couple of extra steps. But I think the idea behind it is quite promising. Hopefully its future versions will be significantly cheaper or more versatile.
[EnerGenie via Liliputing via InventorSpot]
Sep 16
Despite being relatively primitive devices compared to the phones and tablets we all carry, the strength of e-ink displays
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Sep 05
Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 may have a great Super AMOLED display out of the box, but it’s overkill for ereading duties and, E Ink would argue, isn’t really best suited to browsing through ebooks. Enter PocketBook’s accessory case for the Galaxy S 4, a fold-out case complete with a 4.8-inch e-paper screen on the inside […]
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