Posted on 13 August 2010
Filed under: Computers
It appears that color E Ink readers aren’t as far from being commercially available as most have thought. E Ink Holdings (formally PVI), the group responsible for the screens housed in Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Readers, is leading the way by offering samples of its color panels to manufacturers. In addition to creating color-capable displays, the new screens are capacitive, meaning all their touch-based interactions will be drastically improved. While Amazon may not want any part of this now, as it waits for a more established and tested technology to emerge before releasing a multicolored Kindle, China-based Hanvon has already taken the bait, promising to release color E Ink readers by the end of the year. Who knows, maybe in a couple of months they’ll be kicking things off with a smashed ice sculpture of Amazon’s logo, hailing death to the drably colored Kindle. [From: Engadget]
E Ink Begins to Sample Capacitive, Color E-Readers originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on 23 July 2010
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In today’s new world economic order, China’s supposed to be the one providing us with cheap products, and India’s supposed to be the guy we call when said cheap products break down. Now, though, the mighty subcontinent has decided to throw its hat into the low-cost manufacturing ring with the release of a new $35 tablet.
According to Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, the cost-friendly reader will come equipped with 2GB of RAM, run Linux, and will be able to open both PDFs and YouTube videos. As Engadget reports, Indian students will get an even sweeter deal, as the government is planning on providing enough subsidies to allow hard-working collegians to pay a mere $20 or so. As you can see in this video, the new device probably won’t make Steve Jobs lose much sleep anytime soon. But, in India’s huge and relatively low-spending consumer market, a new tablet doesn’t have to be tricked out for it to rake in a lot of profit. [From: Engadget]
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Indian Engineers Produce $35 Tablet, No Word on Flash Capability originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on 08 July 2010
Newsmy launches the new E-Read 5102 5-inch e-book reading device. Unlike the company’s C66 with LCD screen, the 5102 uses the real e-ink display with 800×600 resolution. It supports TXT, DOC, HTM, HTML, PDF and CHM document files and supports JPEG and BMP viewing and playback of MP3, WMA audio.
The E-Read 5102 has a microSD card slot and USB 2.0 connector. The price is 988 Chinese Yuan (US$146).
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