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New Ebook Reader from Netronix
March 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Netronix have announced they will be producing 2 new ebook readers in the shape of the 6″ EB-100 and 9.7″ EB-300. Also promised are touchscreen, 802.11g wifi, sd card slot, pdf support as well as RTF, TXT, HTML, MP3 and AACThey are listings specifications as 5,000 and 8,000 page turns on a single charge respectively as well as all the usual benefits of an ebook reader. The product looks very similar to the Cybook Bookeen. More as we get it. Netronix EB-100 Read More →
Ebook Readers
New Ebook Reader from Netronix
March 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Netronix have announced they will be producing 2 new ebook readers in the shape of the 6″ EB-100 and 9.7″ EB-300. Also promised are touchscreen, 802.11g wifi, sd card slot, pdf support as well as RTF, TXT, HTML, MP3 and AACThey are listings specifications as 5,000 and 8,000 page turns on a single charge respectively as well as all the usual benefits of an ebook reader. The product looks very similar to the Cybook Bookeen. More as we get it. Netronix EB-100 Read More →
Eink Tech
e-ink
February 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
E Ink is a type of electronic paper manufactured by E Ink Corporation. It is a proprietary material that is processed into a film for integration into electronic displays, particularly for E-book devices such as the Sony Reader, the iLiad, the Cybook Gen3, the Amazon Kindle and the Readius device from Polymer Vision The principal components of electronic ink are millions of tiny microcapsules, about the diameter of a human hair. In one incarnation, each microcapsule contains positively charged white particles and negatively... [Read the full story]
Watches
Seiko Spectrum - watch with e-ink technology
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
w more details about that E Ink wristwatch from Seiko Epson are coming in from Japan. The watch will be called the “Seiko Spectrum,” and it’s set to be released on January 27, 2006 in Japan. Save your money for this one — pricing is set at 262,500 yen, or around $2,200 USD. Or just, you know, wait until they get cheaper. At least it’s a step in the right direction; there’s not really much room to argue against the advantages electronic ink provides over conventional displays for these kinds... [Read the full story]
Mobile Phones
Motorola Motofone F3 e-ink handset
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Spiritual successor to Motorola’s budget C113 handset, the new ‘Motofone’ F3 has clearly been designed with developing markets and the more technophobic among us in mind. All you get is a very basic phone that does nothing other than make and take calls and texts, and work as an alarm clock. That’s it. No, really, that is it. Read More →
Other Products
Lexar Mercury Jump Drive
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The Jumpdrive Mercury from Lexar is one of the first usb flash drives to incorporate eink technology - the drive has a handy eink display to show capacity used and how much is remaining. Okay so it may not be the most interesting eink product ever but it is handy functionality to have. The high contrast display has a 10 bar capacity meter that, like all eink products has high contrastand low power consumption. The capacity used and remaining is shown in percentages. The Jumpdrive is available in 1GB and 2 GB formats and... [Read the full story]
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e-ink
E Ink is a type of electronic paper manufactured by E Ink Corporation. It is a proprietary material that is processed into a film for integration into electronic displays, particularly... [Read more]
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Ebooks have never managed to grab the attention and admiration of the public in the same way as mp3’s and to some extent video downloads have. Could... [Read more]
w more details about that E Ink wristwatch from Seiko Epson are coming in from Japan. The watch will be called the “Seiko Spectrum,” and it’s... [Read more]
Spiritual successor to Motorola’s budget C113 handset, the new ‘Motofone’ F3 has clearly been designed with developing markets and the... [Read more]
he Sony PRS-500 Reader is an e-book reader for the U.S. market. It uses an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, that has 166 dpi resolution,... [Read more]