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Apple’s iPad is No Match for E-Paper

Apple’s iPad is No Match for E-Paper

It was touted as the Kindle Killer (of course, what isn’t these days?), the death of publishing, the savior of publishing, and the latest and greatest in technogadgetry. The iPad. People have been gossiping and letting the rumors fly as to what this could possibly be, and how it could be used as an e-reader. Turns out, the iPad...

Thu Jan 28 2010 | 7 Responses

LG Debuts Flexible E-Paper

LG Debuts Flexible E-Paper

Hot on the trail of their CES 2010 announcement to do e-paper, LG shows off a prototype of their flexible e-paper display. Their flexible display is the largest (and perhaps most flexible and bendable) on the market, weighing in at a long 19″ and paper thin. It’s about the size of A3 paper, and it uses metal foil layered...

Sun Jan 17 2010 | 3 Responses

Spotlight on Mirasol: Qualcomm’s Full Color E-Paper

Spotlight on Mirasol: Qualcomm’s Full Color E-Paper

The future for e-paper is away from e-readers. It’s more for multi-purpose devices, for outdoor advertisement, for netbooks and all sorts of new and interesting technology. Right now e-readers are the hot item, but in the future, once books have finally moved on from analogue to digital, e-paper will need to expand and adapt to...

Fri Jan 15 2010 | 6 Responses

CES 2010: The Year of E-paper based E-Readers

CES 2010: The Year of E-paper based E-Readers

CES 2010 was a huge splash this year, with the a ton of new e-paper devices being announced. The only devices to gain more hype than those powered by e-paper were tablet computers, which also seemed to be just about as abundant. We’re going to take a moment here, and talk about some of the bigger e-paper products shown off. A...

Mon Jan 11 2010

Usability Design Failure - the Nook Disappoints

Usability Design Failure - the Nook Disappoints

The Nook may have been the to-buy gift for book fanatics this holiday season, but it looks like it may have had far more buzz than bite. The once touted Kindle-killer has gotten some lukewarm reviews, and it turns out it’s much-touted dual LCD screen is more of a hindrance than a boon. It turns out that even though the Nook has...

Tue Dec 29 2009

Notion Ink Tablet to use Pixel Qi Display

Notion Ink Tablet to use Pixel Qi Display

CES 2010 has come with a slew of surprises for the e-paper fans out there, and one of the biggest is Notion Ink’s brand spanking new tablet. It’s to be the first to use Pixel Qi’s revolutionary hybrid display, that can switch between e-paper viewing (without glare and in full sunlight), low-watt hi-def display and...

Mon Dec 21 2009 | 4 Responses

Concept Design: Bibliofile E-Reader

Concept Design: Bibliofile E-Reader

The e-reader marketplace is becoming overly saturated as manufacturers rush to produce a gadget that not everyone’s got yet. Some potential purchasers are said to be put off from making the leap from hardback to e-reader due to the electronic version not offering such a tactile experience. This new concept design, designed by Nadeem...

Sun Dec 20 2009

Skinning the Future of Technology with Philips and E-Paper

Skinning the Future of Technology with Philips and E-Paper

Philips has been working on a new, full color e-paper technology that uses only ambient light, and gives the effect of paints on paper. This new technology will not be used as you might think–it won’t be found in the next Kindle, Nook or e-reader. It won’t be used to create newspapers or e-readers or magazines, not...

Sat Dec 19 2009

Hearst Launches Magazine/Newspaper Based E-Reader

Hearst Launches Magazine/Newspaper Based E-Reader

Magazines and newspapers are slowly dying. Sure, traditional print is seeing drops in sales all across the board, and there is a recession going on, but magazines and newspapers have been hit the worst. In a scramble to inject new life into this once thriving market, we’ve heard lots of different proposals from lots of different...

Sat Dec 12 2009 | 1 Response

2009: A Retrospective

2009: A Retrospective

Earlier this year we gave a broad prediction that 2009 would end up being the year of the e-book, and that this year would be the year when e-readers took their hold and found mass market appeal. We made some broad speculations, based on the trends still booming from the new release of the Kindle 2 and it’s endorsement by Oprah. Now...

Mon Dec 7 2009 | 1 Response

Concept Design: E-Paper Coaching Playboard

Concept Design: E-Paper Coaching Playboard

Designer Gordon Yeh has come up with a concept electronic paper clipboard for coaching on the sidelines. Called the Electronic Paper Coaching Playboard, this clipboard can be used for drawing plays, sketching out strategies, even examining images and criticizing them with electronic writing straight on top. If you’ve ever seen sports...

Tue Jul 7 2009

Art Tech Introduces Next Generation E Ink Watches

Art Tech Introduces Next Generation E Ink Watches

While the increased activity in the e-reader arena has captured recent headlines, that may soon change. Art Technology has just introduced a line of Phosphor watches featuring an electronic paper display face. Founded by Donald Brewer (previously VP of Technology at Fossil) and Danny So (founder/managing director of Fair Legend Electronics,...

Tue May 19 2009

Amazon Debuts New Kindle DX

Amazon Debuts New Kindle DX

All this week the internet was buzzing with the incoming announcement of a new Kindle. It didn’t take long for photos and details to leak out, and let us know that this Kindle would be larger in size and address some concerns with the Kindle 2. A lot of people called this an elegant power play by Amazon, letting them hit the large...

Wed May 6 2009

Bridgestone Debuts Color E-Paper Display

Bridgestone Debuts Color E-Paper Display

Round 2 for Color E-readers Earlier this April Bridgestone showed off its new jaw dropping e-paper display at a Tokyo Tradeshow. Unlike other e-paper devices like the Kindle and Sony’s 505/700, the Bridgestone model does not use E Ink’s display. Instead, it uses another electrophoretic technology built in-house that could...

Sat Apr 25 2009 | 6 Responses

Concept Design: The Troika Identity Card

Concept Design: The Troika Identity Card

Here is another interesting e-paper concept design. Frog Design has come up with a multi use identity card that can display your driver’s license, social security card, and passport. Made of lightweight aluminum and using an e-paper display, it’s durable and flexible, and can last a long time thanks to its bi-stable image....

Wed Apr 22 2009 | 1 Response

Fujitsu FLEPia Color E-reader Launched: Hype or the Real Deal?

Fujitsu FLEPia Color E-reader Launched: Hype or the Real Deal?

Color is here. Just a few months after completing tests in a Japanese cafe, Fujitsu has announced plans to release the world’s first color e-reader on April 20. The announcement bites into the heels of the Kindle 2 and gobbles some buzz from the Plastic Logic Reader, but FLEPia’s high price tag and lagging page turns might...

Sat Mar 21 2009 | 3 Responses

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