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Photos: Are bendy e-ink prototypes the shape of mobiles to come

...The PaperPhone prototype, demoed in the video above, has a flexible e-ink electrophoretic display with an array of thin-film bend sensors on... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Researchers show off flexible PaperPhone

Researchers show off flexible PaperPhone

...wristband computer. The PaperPhone, pictured above, has a 3.7-inch flexible e-ink display. The researchers at the Queen's University Human Media Lab... Read more

9 May, 2011 by David Meyer

BAE turns to e-ink to develop invisible tanks

...Researchers at BAE Systems plan to use e-ink, the technology inside the humble e-reader, to make tanks invisible... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Rich Trenholm
ViewSonic VEB620 e-book reader: photos

ViewSonic VEB620 e-book reader: photos

...The 6in. E-ink screen, which is on the small side, has a native resolution... Read more

16 June, 2010 by Sandra Vogel

Paper vs pixels: Reading habits turn over a new leaf

People spending almost as much time reading on screen as on the printed page, Gartner finds... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Amazon Kindle DX (graphite, global 3G wireless)

Amazon Kindle DX (graphite, global 3G wireless)

...the summer of 2009, supersizing the Kindle experience with a 9.7in. E-ink screen. With the subsequent arrival of the Apple iPad in April... Read more

4 August, 2010 by David Carnoy & John P Falcone

Amazon Kindle or WHSmith Kobo eReader Touch?

...Wi-Fi only version has disappeared. The screen is still a 6in. E-Ink display. It's readable, and page turns are a little faster... Read more

24 October, 2011
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet in pictures

Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet in pictures

...premium products at non-premium prices". The new products included three new e-ink e-readers and the much-anticipated Kindle Fire, a tablet for... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Kindle Touch gets UK release date and pricing

...Europe. Image credit: Amazon The Kindle Touch uses a similar six-inch e-ink screen to that of the non-touch Kindles, which are already... Read more

28 March, 2012
Apple iPad 2

Apple iPad 2

...iPad's otherwise excellent IPS LED-backlit display, there's no beating e-ink displays when it comes to outdoor readability. Also, a product like... Read more

14 March, 2011 by Donald Bell
Photos: recent e-book readers

Photos: recent e-book readers

...quoted in the number of page turns. The PRS-350's 5in. E-ink screen has a resolution of 600 by 800 pixels and supports... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Sandra Vogel

Blackberry should stop trying to be Apple.

When I was working on the UK’s best known computer magazine I wanted to be a motoring journalist. Those around me... Read more

9 January, 2012

Kobo Vox eReader

Kobo's recent eReader deal with WHSmith has resulted in the high-street retailer selling no fewer than three Kobo... Read more

2 December, 2011

WH Smith to sell Kobo e-readers, starting on Monday

...on Monday 17 October. The e-reader, which has a 6-inch E Ink screen, will be available in four colours -- lilac, blue, silver and... Read more

13 October, 2011

Amazon ignites a content war with the Kindle Fire

...Kindle Keyboard and Kindle Touch, which are cheap e-readers with monochrome E Ink screens. There are enough differences that some customers will buy both... Read more

29 September, 2011

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