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Electronic Paper Display

LG Display 19-inch Flexible e-Paper

January 15, 2010

LARGEST: LG Display announced a newspaper-sized e-paper. The 19-inch e-paper is 250 x 400mm in size and is about the size of an A3-sized newspaper and just as thin and light at 0.3mm and 130g. LG Display uses a metal foil instead of a typical glass substrate allowing the company’s e-paper to be flexible with [...]

Philips Research Develop Chameleon ePaper

December 10, 2009

Philips Research has developed a color epaper technology where the color can be easily changed. Applications are almost limitless: e-wallpaper, e-window just to name a couple. No backlight is needed for Philips’ reflective epaper, which can be transparent, any color, or completely black. Another recent development called e-skin that makes use of ambient light, may [...]

10 Million eBook Readers in 2010

November 28, 2009

AU Optronics (AUO), the top LCD manufacturer in Taiwan so far, estimates global ebook reader shipments to top 10 million units in 2010. C.T. Liu, VP of AUO and Chairman of SiPix, is quite optimistic as most estimates are currently around 6 to 7 million units. SiPix will do its share: ramp its second production [...]

Color ePaper in 2010

November 27, 2009

AU Optronics (AUO), Prime View International (PVI) and Delta Electronics all plan to introduce color epaper. PVI expects to ramp production of its 6-inch and 9.7-inch flexible electronic paper displays (EPDs) in the first half of 2010. Color EPDs will follow in the second half. PVI will limit the size of its EPD offerings to [...]

BenQ nReader

November 18, 2009

BenQ’s nReader, an ebook reader sporting a SiPix 6-inch touch-enabled electrophoretic display (EPD), will be launched in January 2010 first in Taiwan and then in Japan and China. The launch will be coupled with the company’s e-book trading platform. A color version is targeted for the second half of 2010. Supported formats include PDF, HTML, [...]

AU Optronics Announce 6-inch Flexible ePaper

October 21, 2009

Unbreakable Using Sipix Microcup technology, AU Optronics (AUO) developed a 6-inch electronic paper display (EPD) that is flexible and unbreakable. The 6-inch epaper can display 16 levels of grayscale, even when it is bent. Contrast ratio is 9:1 and has a 33% reflectance. Sounds good, but what is it for?
Future eBook Reader Maybe we can [...]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook: Dual Screen eBook Reader

October 20, 2009

EPD & LCD Barnes & Noble is claiming its Nook ebook reader is the planet’s “most advanced e-book reader”. The dimensions of the Nook are 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5-inch and it weighs just 11.2 ounces. The unique feature about the Nook is the 6-inch 16-level E Ink Vizplex electronic paper display (EPD) on top [...]

Plastic Logic QUE: proReader for Business Professionals

October 20, 2009

Business Plastic Logic announced on October 19, 2009 that it will unveil its QUE proReader designed for business professionals on January 7, 2010 at the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth #11840 during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Plastic Logic is expanding the ebook reader category by targeting business [...]

Barnes & Noble’s E-Reader: One E Ink, One Multitouch LCD

October 19, 2009

Wow. I think Barnes & Noble’s has got it right. E Ink-based displays last a long time because it doesn’t consume any power when information is not being updated–perfect for an ebook reader application. But it doesn’t update quickly and is very awkward when navigating through a menu system or even simple scrolling. Touch doesn’t [...]

Western Digital My Book Studio: 1TB External Hard Drive with an E-label

October 7, 2009

EPD The My Book Studio from Western Digital is designed for Macs, hence the FireWire 800 interface, which should provide ample transfer speeds until USB 3.0 comes around or maybe Light Peak show its 10Gbps speeds sooner than expected. The My Book Studio has an interesting feature: an e-label. I’m guessing it uses a similar [...]


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