Articles about eInk

The eBook market is a big one, with Amazon dominating clearly right now, but we all know Google likes to expand to new markets and take over the first place. It doesn't always manage to achieve that, but when it comes to digital books the stakes are too high for Google not to try and compete. Their latest achievement is the launch of iRiver Story HD, a very slim and alight 6 inch eReader that can connect via WiFi to Google's eBooks service, the one launched in December 2010.With over 3 milli...

Kobo is one of the small players in the eReader market, but they have right now the cheapest priced 6 inch eInk touch eReader, the Kobo Touch Edition, which will begin selling in June for just $129. It's $10 cheaper than the recently announced Barnes And Noble Nook Touch and the Amazon Kindle 3.Considering the fact Amazon announced its eBook sales surpassed paper books it's normal to see more and more manufacturers trying to get into the eReader business. Kobo is not really a big brand, as t...

One market somewhat related to tablets is the eReader one, where Amazon fights neck to neck with Barnes and Noble. The fight is getting fierce as Barnes and Noble just launched the All new Nook Simple Touch, the simple touch reader, a direct competitor to the Kindle 3, boasting the same 6 inch eInk screen, but with an amazing 2 months battery life. Unlike the Kindle, the all new Nook simple touch reader features less buttons, a square-ish form and a touch screen display that makes it easier to n...

If you're not convinced it's worth paying over 900 dollars for a 7 inch tablet that's supposed to be optimized for taking notes like the ASUS EEE Pad Memo I think I've got just the right thing for you: the 13 inch NoteSlate tablet. It's more of a digital notepad, where you can use your fingers or the included digital stylus to take notes, store them, listen to some MP3 players and nothing else. There's a small price to pay for such a cheap device: 99$ for the first version. Latter models will pr...

Even if many perceive Sony as a company that build premium products, they are a brand that also focuses on innovation. Innovation is not enough to guarantee success, but definitely helps a lot. In this case we have a flexible display, eInk type, demoed by Sony at a dealer convention.EInk displays are not something new, but the flexible variety surely are. We don't have much info on this tech, as I'm sure Sony is in an early process of development.That's easy to be seen from the picture b...

Even if some users are seeing eReaders as tablets we must admit they are a primitive form of tablet, one that can only read books and perform small tasks. But eReaders are best at what they're doing, and I'm sure once eInk display technology evolves, we'll be able to get color eBook readers that will even display motion pictures. But till then we'll have to do with the excellent properties of current display technologies for eReaders: great sunlight legibility and battery life.And to prove t...

We all know that the biggest component consuming power in today's mobile devices is the screen. We all like nice colors, great viewing angles and such but we don't realize how much this is affecting battery life. E-Ink is one of the pioneer companies that invested a lot in low power displays like their eInk lineup consisting of monochrome displays that don't need power to keep an image on the screen, but only when the image changes.As imagined, those kind of screens are ideal for eBook reade...

We've wrote quite a few posts about the Entourage eDGe dual screen eReader + Android tablet combo. It seems that more and more samples are getting to press for review. Now it's time for CNET to get their hands on video treatment on the Entourage eDGe.After watching that video I can positively say that the eDGe is a nice concept, especially for educational purposes, there's a lot to be improved here, but that's always the case with the first generation of innovative new products. The eDGe sel...

Covering CES 2010 early this year I was surprised by the amount of dual screen netbooks and hybrid devices small producers tried to push into market to see customer's reaction. Entrourage eDGe is one such product featuring a dual screen design, one 9.7 inch eInk screen and 10.1 color LCD, both powered by Android OS and an 1.2 GHz CPU.Laptopmag is the first to post an early review of the Entourage eDGe and shared their opinions with all of us, so here's what you can expect from this nice conc...