E Ink New Technologies - Part 1

Quick preview of some of the E Ink upcoming technologies we'll see in the next year to 18 months. More info at www.redferret.net.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ink
• gadgets
• ebooks
• readers

[ecsyntric]

is it top secret? why are we whispering?

[theredferret]

@ecsyntric shhh...I'm trying to listen...

[looods]

so it takes that long to load? and it looks like that to load?

lol

no thanks, i'll stick with the iPad or Courier

[theredferret]

@looods guys, it's a prototype. Geddit?

[apoapostolov]

If this is the new generation of Kindle and Nook eInk, color me unimpressed. If they don't pull out Color eInk this year, then the war would be already lost in 2011 and nobody would care about those devices. Without eReaders, eInk is pretty much doomed to be niche technology as of itself.

[theredferret]

@apoapostolov Color is on its way, Sri didn't have any samples with him, just a photo on his phone, which the PR was supposed to send me but didn't. It won't be full color by the way, but it will be color.

[vescopetcov]

It seems you miss the point...

It's a READING device. With primary purpose of READING not watching beautiful graphics or video. If you see it under direct sunlight you'll understand why some people are sure eink screen is better than LCD for the purpose. Actually there are still some people in this world which are reading books and don't want to be distracted when doing so with the multitude of other applications on the device they use. They just want to READ in the best possible way.

[Soulrider2012]

@TheCivilEngineer22 Yes, you just need a light source to see it as it's not back lit like an LCD screen is. :-)

[fredghostkyle]

When will is hit shelve year

[ycomp]

@flarbton this comment makes absolutely no sense... the point is that their screen background looks whiter than previous models... you cannot compare to non-E-Ink displays.. because non-E-ink displays are inferior for reading books (novels)... who cares what the specs are on another display if it is has a backlight and the text is not as sharp. E-Ink displays don't tire your eyes like an LCD would... in fact they are better than regular books because you can adjust font size.

[deshca]

I have a question.

Is this the display used in the new Kindle3?

[blahdelablah]

@yairvsync

It's not a commercial device, it's bound to be a reference design.

[ecsyntric]

I don't know why I didn't notice this before. The refresh on the animation seems fairly quick however the screen refresh is as sluggish as the Kindle. How?

[austerline]

The main value of e-link is that it dose not emit light, which means that you can read it long before your eyes feel tired. This is a great news for people who need to sit in front of computer for a long time. I hope we can have it in a larger size and use it as a monitor in a short time.

[TheCivilEngineer22]

does it work in the dark?

[TheCivilEngineer22]

@ecsyntric they're in a library.. and you know how librarians are