Category Archives: E-readers

E-paper renaissance because of A4 format on a lighter, plastic substrate?

There is a nascent e-paper potential even with Onyx E430 Android 4.3″ E Ink phone [Charbax YouTube channel, May 13, 2013] promised for July 2013 delivery from Onyx International (with a 1GHz Cortex-A8 based SoC) having all of its 15+ … Continue reading

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NOOK Media LLC: the finalization of the strategic joint venture between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft

Look back how the NOOK tablet had been started: Barnes & Noble NOOK offensive [this same blog, May 25, 2011] while the whole NOOK effort in terms of devices was as as follows: Note: only Android has been used so … Continue reading

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E Ink strategic value proposition: displays on every smart surface

Updates:  Reflective OutLook: Shades of Gray or Colorful? [Touch and Display-Enhancement Issue of Information Display, Sept 21, 2012] … E Ink and SiPix Meanwhile, could color have anything do to do with E Ink’s recent announcement of its intention to … Continue reading

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Barnes & Noble NOOK offensive

Follow-up: Core post: NOOK Media LLC: the finalization of the strategic joint venture between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft [Oct 6, 2012] Ammunition Teams with Barnes & Noble on All-New NOOK [May 24, 2011] (emphasis is mine) Ammunition’s long-standing partnership with Barnes & Noble … Continue reading

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E Ink and Epson achieve world-leading ePaper resolution

PVI Joins Hands With Epson to Produce E-Paper Displays [May 23, 2011] (emphasis is mine) PVI`s chairman Scott Liu said that the cooperation marks his company`s entry into the commercial and educational segments, indicating that the company`s e-paper displays will … Continue reading

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E Ink Holdings EPD prospects are good

See also: – Hydis – E Ink Holdings (8069.TWO) Initiate at Buy: Dual Growth Engines to Propel Earnings [comprehensive  32 pages evaluation by Citi Investment Research & Analysis, a division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Aug 4, 2011] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ and NOT … Continue reading

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Changing purchasing attitudes for consumer computing are leading to a new ICT paradigm

Moving from 2010  into 2011 there is a fundamental shift towards the new ICT paradigm of cloud computing.  We have device manufacturers’ forecasts showing that for the first time the cloud client devices, indeed the smartphones alone, will be shipped … Continue reading

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Hanvon – E-Ink strategic e-reader alliance for price/volume leadership supplementing Hanvon’s premium strategy mostly based on an alliance with Microsoft and Intel

Following the strategic alliance between Marvell, Pixel Qi and OLPC on extremely low-cost consumer devices specially built for the cloud there are other cloud related alliances aimed at mass produced clients with sun readability. One of them is the Hanvon … Continue reading

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Undermining E-Ink and single-purpose E-readers

See also: Hydis Associated Press, a “not-for-profit corporation with a regular membership of 1,500 US daily newspapers and an associate membership of broadcasters and non-daily newspapers”, which is “in the United States alone … serves approximately 1,700 newspapers and 5,000 … Continue reading

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