Amazon’s Kindle
Size: 6″
Pixel Format: 600 x 800
Gray: 4 levels
Technology: Electro-phoretic, bistable nematic
Price: $399
Amazon has come out with its own-branded e-book reader called Kindle. The Kindle has a 6″ electro-phoretic display (EPD) also called a bistable nematic display (binem) or electronic paper display (also EPD). The EPD is made by Taiwan’s Prime View International (PVI). [...]
On November 15, 2007, LG.Philips LCD (LPL) announced a LCD panel that is resistant to virtually any kind of dirtying by incorporating a similar principle that is used on non-stick frying pans. The prototype is a 15.4″ LCD geared for notebook PC applications and is resistant to dirt, fingerprints and even permanent ink can be [...]
On November 16, 2007, Sharp Corporation announced that it has decided to shut down its Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based subsidiary, Sharp Electronics Co. laying off 396 local employees by March 2009 when those jobs move to China. This announcement is nothing new as Sharp closed its Taipei-based R&D center in August 2007. Laying off employees, however, is [...]
Toshiba 22.2″ LCD
Pixel Format: 3840 x 2400
Brightness: 235 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 300:1
Viewing Angle: 120/100
Input: DVI-D (2 channel)
Toshiba’s 22″ LCD has more than 4x the number of pixels compared to a 24″ that typically has a pixel format of 1920 x 1200. Even the jumbo 30″ LCD monitors have ‘only’ 2560 x 1600, which is four times [...]
iRiver P10
Display: 4.3″ Touch
Pixel Format: 480 x 272 (Same as Sony’s 4.3″ PSP?)
Much like other iRiver’s products, very much anticipated. The design is simple and elegant, just what I like. Let’s hope the touch UI is as good as Apple’s iPhone.
Source: Engadget (1, 2), PlayerBites,
