The latest electronic paper technology developments with commentary and analysis

Amazon Goes to War

Amazon Goes to War

Amazon has put on its war paint, pulled out its tomahawks, and declared all out war on the iPad. Since the iPad’s earlier release, Amazon has been acting irrationally, trying to keep the stranglehold it has on the market. First, it introduced the Kindle Apps, an obvious stake at one of the iPhone’s (and now, iPad’s)...
Sun Feb 7 2010
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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
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Can E Ink Hold Up to Other Upcoming E-Paper Technologies?

Can E Ink Hold Up to Other Upcoming E-Paper Technologies?

The best known e-paper devices are without a doubt those based on E Ink’s display technology. Devices such as the Sony, Amazon and iRex readers all use this technology to great affect, and have sold tons of devices with it. But, just because they’ve made a lot of money doesn’t necessarily mean it will stand the test...
Tue Jan 26 2010 | 2 Responses
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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
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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
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AUO Notes Flexibility/Manufacturing Process is Key for E-paper

AUO Notes Flexibility/Manufacturing Process is Key for E-paper

When AUO introduced its flexible e-paper, EpaperCentral had the opportunity to discuss the introduction with C.T. (Chun-Ting) Liu, Corporate Senior Vice President and the General Manger of Consumer Product Display Business Group of AUO. Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of thin film transistor liquid display panels, AUO Optronics Corporation...
Fri Jan 15 2010 | 1 Response
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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
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Newspapers and Magazines: E-paper or Bust in 2010

Newspapers and Magazines: E-paper or Bust in 2010

Newspapers and magazines have been dying slowly since the invention of the internet, and each day they struggle to regain their glory days of a few years past. Now it seems they’ve found their saviors in the land of e-paper, with different forms of e-reader technology allowing them to get new subscribers electronically. Can this...
Mon Jan 4 2010 | 1 Response
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Touchco to Revolutionize E-paper Interfaces

Touchco to Revolutionize E-paper Interfaces

E-paper devices have been plagued with bad usability since the start. The Kindle, while serviceable, feels very retro in its use of clunky buttons. Other manufacturers have tried to modernize usability to mixed results, each one implementing touch-screen interfaces in their own ways, and each one fundamentally flawed. The Sont PRS-707...
Mon Jan 4 2010 | 8 Responses
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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
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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
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Top Taiwanese Manufacturers Enter Color E-Paper Market

Top Taiwanese Manufacturers Enter Color E-Paper Market

Three major Taiwanese manufacturers plan on entering the color e-paper market in 2010. Prime View International, Delta Electronics, and AU Optronics made this joint announcement during the symposium on Flexible Display and Electronics Technology in Taiwan earlier this week. The announcement came as no surprise to anyone–...
Sat Dec 19 2009
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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
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German Parliament Makes Bulk E-reader Purchase

German Parliament Makes Bulk E-reader Purchase

Hanvon made a slew of startling announcements at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, wowing the book buying public and German Parliament at the same time. In fact, Hanvon made such a great demonstration of its multilingual e-readers that the German Government has decided to buy the devices in bulk for its Members of Parliament. Nobody...
Tue Oct 27 2009 | 5 Responses
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Pixel Qi Introduces Color/Video Screens for E-Readers and More

Pixel Qi Introduces Color/Video Screens for E-Readers and More

While many electronic paper developers are working to develop a new low-power technology and improve its capability to achieve both color and video, Pixel Qi has taken a unique approach and reversed the process to attain its goal. The company has started with traditional liquid crystal display technology, which already provides high-quality...
Thu Jul 9 2009 | 5 Responses
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Ink-in-Motion Displays Captivate Shoppers

Ink-in-Motion Displays Captivate Shoppers

When walking the supermarket aisles, 70-80% of consumer choices are made almost instantaneously because of the shelf appeal of the product package. Consequently, it has become increasingly important to manufacturers to capture consumer attention in the retail store. A store may carry thousands of items; however, the human brain’s...
Tue Jul 7 2009 | 7 Responses
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