A Lancome advertisement sporting an e-paper display was recently spotted in a Tokyo train. The display technology looks very similar to E Ink’s Ink In Motion. It seems the Japanese are embracing e-paper signage for advertising faster than anyone else. We will see more of this in the coming months. In addition to POP signage, e-paper...

Although the company will not confirm, industry sources report that Prime View International is gearing up for mass production of flexible electrophoretic displays (EPDs) by the second quarter of 2009, with production of color displays soon to follow. The devices are the world’s first flexible active matrix EPD made in a volume...

We’ve already seen seen Mobile Firefox demonstrated with the E Ink Developer kit. Now a group called MOTO has shown with a proof of concept video that the Google Android OS can operate using the E Ink Development Kit. With display interfacing taken care of, developers can now focus on creating low power, custom Android interfaces...

An E-reader is only as strong as the words that appear on its low-power screen. Without a content deal, it will be nearly impossible to compete with the Kindle 2 and its massive Amazon.com library. Plastic Logic is making a gallant effort this week, announcing deals with a half-dozen media partners to provide content for its new E-reader,...

New Color E-Reader debuts on the heels of the Kindle 2 Is the Kindle 2 already obsolete? In Japan, grayscale is not on the menu. A new color e-reader has stepped to the table and said “Welcome to the Fujiya Kinshicho Termina Restaurant. May I please take your order?” This week, Toyko-based Fujitsu is showcasing its e-reader...

Amazon held a press conference today announcing the next generation of their Kindle e-reader. The buzz has been building the last two months, with leaked images and speculations appearing on almost any blog, website or twitter feed that follows the tech gadget and publishing industry. Improved E Ink Display One of the biggest improvements...

In the face of increasing competition from alternative media, newspapers have been struggling for survival for some time as both subscriber and advertising revenues continue to shrink. Newspaper printers have sought multiple solutions to cut costs ranging from switching to lighter weight paper to garnering incremental revenue in the...

Slim, small and comes in a variety of colors, the PRS-505 is a classic e-reader with powerful functionality. It doesn’t have wireless support or access to Amazon’s Kindle format, but it does do one thing and do it well: read e-books with the clarity and simplicity of a paper book.

A colleague recently asked me if I thought that the continued emergence of e-paper would mean the demise of traditional printing, particularly offset. “No way!” I responded. And that answer stands, although on reflection it is not really that simple. Although e-paper uses the terminology “paper” and “electronic...