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E Ink’s New Killer App

by Ken Werner

E Ink still sells a lot of electrophoretic displays (EPDs) for eReaders but, despite the recent introduction of new and significantly improved eReaders, that is now a mature market. So the company is looking …

Tags:DSE 2015| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Tago Arc – Smart Bracelet Enters Crowdfunding Stage

by Norbert Hildebrand

Liber8 a Hungarian technology company has been developing a wearable technology accessory based on an electrophoretic E Ink display. The accessory is a bracelet that has the E Ink display mounted in a jewelry …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearables

Samsung Takes Inspiration From Alcatel

by Tom Allen

Polish blog Android.com/pl claims that owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 will be able to use accessories to enhance the phone’s functionality. Similar to Alcatel’s Hero line, the site claims that the S6 will have …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

E Ink Monitor is not Cheap!

by Tom Allen

Chinese company Dasung has gone in a new direction with desktop monitors, creating one using an E Ink display. The Paperlike is powered by USB and intended to act as a portable secondary screen, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

E-Ink Shows Prism displays for Architectural Applications

by Chris Chinnock

E-Ink has launched a new technology aimed at designers and architiects. Not a “display” per se, it is a series of segments that can change color in response to a voltage but bonded to …

Tags:CES 2015| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)

Digitimes Sees Demand for E-Paper Declining

by Bob Raikes

According to an article in Digitimes, the demand for electrophoretic displays (e-paper) is on a global decline. The article explains this decline with lower sales of electronic book readers, with Toshiba, Sony and Panasonic …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Forbes Fancies Yota

by Helen Vince

Smartphones – Forbes Magazine has named the Russian YotaPhone 2 as 2014’s “Most Disruptive Smartphone”. Really? I would have said it’s the iPhone 6, not because the iPhone is particularly interesting on the hardware side …

Volatile Mobile Device Sales Drive Displays Market

by Helen Vince

Mobile Displays – Consumer adoption of ereaders and tablet PCs has been a key driver for small display unit shipments and revenues. Over the past several years, display market dynamics have been volatile as users …

Market and Technology Outlook for Flexible and Printed Displays

by Helen Vince

cMobile Displays, Large Displays – The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20) provided a good opportunity to assess the technology candidates and market prospects for flexible and printed displays. For example, the …

FES Uses E Ink to Change Strap Design…

by Raverstead

Fashion Entertainments, a Japanese start-up, has extended the use of E Ink on a smartwatch. As well as the display, the strap also uses E Ink technology to show multiple different designs. There is …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearables

Ingenic SoC Supports Two Screen Technologies

by Raverstead

China’s Ingenic has developed an asymmetric, dual-core MIPS-based chip for 301, as well as a 15 x 13mm development kit. The Newton2 dev kit includes the new processor (M200), eMCP memory, power management controller, …

Visionect Addresses EPD Signage Technology

by Raverstead

A company called Visionect, based in Slovenia, is working to bring electrophoretic display (EPD e.g. E Ink) signage to the mainstream market. The company has developed new hardware and software that enables custom signage …

Tags:Digital Signage| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Europe| Large Display Monitor