Articles tagged with: Kindle and E Paper

Global e-Paper Display Market to Exceed $2.5 Billion by 2013

After a long development and commercialization period, low-power "electronic ink" displays are finally out of the labs and hitting the market in a big way, thanks mainly to Amazon's kindle e-book reader. The kindle caught on with early adopters the way Apple's iPod did. What remains to be seen is whether other contenders - some with possibly better technology - will displace the kindle and/or expand the market beyond tech-savvy road warriors.  more

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Fujitsu Launches "Colour Kindle" for Japanese Market

Japan's Fujitsu Frontech has announced the commercial launch of its "colour kindle" device, which it says is the world's first color e-paper mobile terminal. The Fujitsu FLEPia features an 8-inch display screen capable of showing up to 260,000 colors in high-definition, in addition to being equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.  more

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Orange Launches E-Paper Based Newspaper Reader

Orange France, in partnership with five major French newspapers has launched the trial of Read&Go - a 3G-connected mobile newspaper kiosk. The new product is a digital terminal with e-paper technology, which the company says combines ease of use with a mobile terminal offering the read comfort of paper. more

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