In an effort to better compete with the tablet onslaught and qHD/Retina displays, Epson and E Ink are collaborating on a 300 DPI display that will bring a 2400×1650 resolution to a 9.7-inch screen. [ZD Net]
A Kindle’s one thing, but what about clear digital displays you could mash around like a plastic bag? Bendable screens have long been a tech prototype phantom, but E Ink’s got the goods – and it could actually be useful!
eReaders are as good as they’ll get for now – at least, in regards to the displays used in them, as E Ink (the company which supplies displays to Amazon and Barnes & Noble) told CNET not to expect anything this year.
Not only is Amazon’s Taiwanese-based components manufacturer Quanta Computer rumoured to be readying their mysterious tablet for later this year, they’re also said to be using touchscreen Fringe Field Switching (FFS) LCD displays from E Ink, the same company that supplies Amazon with their Kindle screens. [Digitimes via SlashGear]
The Notion Ink Adam sports an impressive Pixel Qi “transflective” display and latent potential galore, but we haven’t really seen much from the delayed tablet/ereader combo this year. With the arrival of this silent demo, however, that changes a bit.
Well, as disposable as RECYCLING that paper is, anyway. (You do recycle, right?) University researchers have found a way to turn paper into e-paper—that is, the same electronic screen in a Kindle.
