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  • wakeop 9:47 pm on January 6, 2013 Permalink
    Tags: , e-ink, YotaPhone   

    YotaPhone: dual screen smartphone with e-ink 

    It’s coming in 2013. It’s dual-screen, with electronic paper display at the back side, and is Android-based. It’s YotaPhone, yout next smartphone.

    “The YotaPhone is a powerful Android-based phone with extended touch areas and HD resolution display. The electronic paper display (EPD) is your personal space for receiving notifications, linking to your social media, reading news as it happens or simply displaying your favorite pictures. The two sides are linked together to open a new world of unlimited user experiences.”

    Read all at yotaphone.com

    Technical Specifications

    • Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8960 Dual Core 1.5 Ghz Krait
    • OS: OS Android, 4.2 Jelly Bean release
    • EPD: Eink, 4.3”
    • LCD: JDI, 4.3” 1280×720 (HD)
    • Memory: 32 or 64 GB Flash, 2 GB RAM
    • Connectivity: LTE (bands 3, 7, 20 MIMO), 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi (Direct), BT, NFC
    • Controls: Gestures on the extended capacitive areas. Touch strip for EPD control.
    • Keys: Power and Volume Keys
    • Connectors: Magnetic Adaptor for charging and data, Audio 3.5mm
    • SIM slot: SIM slot combined with Power key button
    • Battery: 2100 mAh
    • Camera: 12 MP main camera, HD front camera
    • Weight: 140 grams
    • Dimensions: 67×131(7.3/9.9) mm

    About the company

    Based in Moscow, Russia, Yota Devices is a private company dedicated to mobile communications and connectivity devices. The company developed its first connectivity device in 2009. In 2012, Yota Devices sold more than 1 million modems and routers, representing 6% of the global LTE devices market.

     

     

  • wakeop 10:29 am on September 21, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: e-ink, Jinke   

    My old friend LBook 

    We have a 4 years old e-Ink reader LBook – a clone of the Chinese brand Jinke. It’s our faithful companion in many trips, but the battery life is not longer a month, unlike when it was a new gadget. During our 10-hour night trip by a Romanian train we had to recharge the LBook V3 battery. We found only one working plug in the hallway of the train, and folding seats made the loading procedure funny.


     

  • wakeop 3:47 pm on August 25, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: , e-ink   

    Ectaco Jetbook Color is already selling in Russia 

    The first e-reader with color eInk screen that is oriented towards education is already selling in Russia. According to the manufacturer’s website the jetBook Color is intended to be used in the US educational system starting 2012.

    You can order this device in Russia on this page and the price is 15,000 Russian rubles (about 520 USD).

    About ECTACO jetBook Color

    Specifications

    • Color E-Ink display;
    • Screen size: 25 cm (9.68 inches);
    • Built-in WiFi, unit 3G (optional);
    • Touch screen, PVI EPD, e-Ink, color;
    • Resolution: 1600 (H) * 1200 (W);
    • Virtual keyboard;
    • Supported formats: Adobe DRM, .txt, .htxt, .html, .pdf, .epub, .doc, .xls, .jpg, .tif, .bmp, .png, .gif, .wav, .wma, .mp3 and others;
    • Support for microSD cards up to 32GB;
    • Lithium-polymer battery: 10 000 paging;
    • Surface: plastic (front) and rubberized plastic (rear);
    • Fortress of the body: high, tested in real conditions;
    • Processor: 800 MHz;
    • Port USB 2.0;
    • Weight: 554 g;
    • Size: 270 mm x 188 mm x 11,5 mm.;
    • Color: black, white.

    Additional software

    • Preparatory course for the exam;
    • A set of books for home reading;
    • Textbooks on mathematics and science, reference materials in Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and Earth Science, Interactive Periodic Table of Elements;
    • Text translator;
    • Talking Phrase Book;
    • Built-in technology for speech recognition;
    • Pictured dictionaries for 36 languages;
    • Cross translator for 180 languages;
    • Vocabulary Builder;
    • Linguistic Crosswords;
    • Talking Oxford Dictionaries narrated by professional linguists;
    • The program “Language Teacher”;
    • A Speed Reading course that will teach them to read and comprehend text faster;
    • Graphing and scientific calculators and more.

    Options

    • Electronic Textbook tablet jetBook Color;
    • Handheld Scanner ECTACO C-pen;
    • Leather case.
     

    • Jingquan Sun 2:40 am on November 3, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      How to oreder this device?

      • Ngombe 9:16 am on November 3, 2011 Permalink | Reply

        For now, this device is sold only in Russia. In the U.S., the reader will be sold in 2012.

  • wakeop 8:31 pm on August 11, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: e-ink, Kobo   

    Kobo Touch eReader Review 

    A video review of the Kobo Touch 6″ Pearl e-Ink ebook reader from the folks who bring you the Kobobooks.com ebook store.

     

  • wakeop 9:22 pm on June 16, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: , e-ink   

    Hanvon with 9.68-inch color e-paper display in July 

    Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, is the first client adopting a color e-paper display developed by Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings (EIH) and will launch 9.68-inch color e-book readers in the China market in July, according to EIH chairman Scott Liu…

    [ Read the full article from Digitimes ]

     

  • wakeop 8:48 pm on May 18, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: e-ink,   

    E Ink and Epson develop 300 dpi electronic paper device 

    Epson and E Ink announced the joint development of a 9.7-inch 300-dpi electronic paper device with a resolution way higher than that of existing e-readers.

    The 300-dpi display will support 2,400 x 1,650 pixels, promising to deliver “razor-sharp text and images”, compared with the 160 dpi and 600 x 800 resolution of existing readers such as Barnes & Noble’s Nook and the Amazon Kindle. And they say that, despite the higher resolution, readers will be able to turn pages faster than on existing devices.

    E Ink will manufacture, sell and support the newly developed 300-dpi ePaper displays. Epson will manufacture, sell and support a high-resolution, high-speed display controller platform optimized for controlling E Ink’s high-resolution display.

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  • wakeop 8:10 pm on April 11, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: Apple, e-ink   

    Apple exploring hybrid e-ink-LCD displays with independent regions 

    Apple has shown interest in creating a new iPad with a hybrid display that could dynamically switch all or just part of the full-color screen to low-power black-and-white e-ink for text and other static content.

    [ Read the full article from AppleInsider ]

    This is certainly exciting news. It will be interesting to know:
    1. How expensive will be this hybrid screen?
    2. What will be the quality of the image in this overlap of layers?

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  • wakeop 10:17 pm on March 23, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: discount, e-ink   

    Borders sale: $60 Kobo Wireless e-reader 

    We weren’t terribly impressed with the Kobo Wireless e-reader when we reviewed it, but now that Borders is discounting it in some stores to $59.99, we’re actually thinking it might make a decent pick up if you’re looking for an e-ink e-reader that supports ePub files.

    [Read the full article on cnet. ]

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  • wakeop 8:56 pm on March 10, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: e-ink, Infibeam Pi2   

    Infibeam Pi2 E-reader Officially Released 

    The newest edition to the Pi e-Reader family features some new improvements, such as Wi-Fi and a Touchscreen e-Ink interface.

    Features

    • Display: 6 inch e-Ink Vizplex touchscreen with a resolution of 600×800 pixels and features 16 levels of grayscale;
    • Freescale iMX 35 series processor;
    • 128 MB of RAM on a custom Linux based operating system;
    • 512 MB of internal storage for content as eBooks, music, pictures and audio books;
    • Support MicroSD card up to 32 GB;
    • E-books formats: PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, RTF, MOBI, PRC, DOC.

    The Infibeam Pi is mainly available in India and has localized support for Hindi, Sanskrit and most official Indian languages. It is currently selling for around 11,000 Rupees or around $259.00 dollars US.

    [ via Good eReader ]

     

  • wakeop 11:05 am on February 24, 2011 Permalink
    Tags: , e-ink,   

    The Spring Design Alex eReader is dead 

    The Android-powered dual-screen device is no longer in stock and production on new units has ceased. Company officials claim the investor has pulled funding.

    Spring announced the $399 Alex e-reader late in 2009, sporting a dual-screen 6-inch E Ink display, a second 3.5-inch Android-powered touchscreen, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The company began advertising preorders in March of 2010.

    Alex has no dedicated bookstore, unlike the Kindle, Nook and iPad.  Spring Design announced plans in the summer of 2010 to bring it to the Borders eBookstore but last week, Borders filed for bankruptcy.

     

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