Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 12:19pm
The smartwatch race is in full swing, but since none of the major players have unveiled their designs, this concept device from a leading e-ink developer offers an attractive look at one of the possibilities.
e ink stories
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 3:46am
E Ink has been on a bit of a run lately, what with the whole e-book explosion. And it's easy to see why: E Ink offers inexpensive, ultra low power displays that are easy to read in direct sunlight. Does that mean that absolutely everything should have a handy little display on it? E Ink totally thinks so.
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 12:38am
E-Ink watch concepts seem to be a favorite for watch designers, but most don't really take full advantage of the super high rez capabilities of their displays. This nifty watch from designer Jonathan Frey changes that, by spelling out the date just the way you might read it in a book, or on its E Ink cousin, the Kindle.
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 9:04am
Those wacky folks at TokyoFlash have been at it again, this time creating an E-ink display watch that seems to pay homage to the current e-book craze. The E Clock can be set to tell the time using normal numbers,...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 1:34pm
The Skiff e-reader, unveiled today at CES, has a special feature that will appeal to newspaper and magazine junkies: a flexible screen. The Skiff is just a quarter of an inch thick, and its E Ink screen has no glass...
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 1:35pm
One of the issues many newspaper readers have with the current crop of e-readers (growing by the day) is that they don't do page layout very well. On a newspaper page, changes in text position and point size subtly give...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:55pm
This afternoon Barnes & Noble unveiled its answer to Amazon's Kindle, the $259 Nook, which goes on sale at the end of November, but is now up for preorder at nook.com. One-upping its competition, Nook adds a small full-color touch/horizontal...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 3:17pm
After IREX unveiled its unimaginatively named DR800SG e-reader this morning, I spent an hour or so futzing around with it. Based on this preliminary playing, I'm ready to say it: The IREX is the new master of the admittedly miniscule...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 1:20pm
Browsing a newspaper on an Amazon Kindle DX has a lot of advantages over doing it for real. Riding the subway into Manhattan this morning, I managed to get through a dozen articles in the Wall Street Journal without flipping...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:02am
E Ink, the display tech used in the Amazon Kindle, is a practical choice in a lot of devices. Since it only consumes power when you refresh the screen, it could theoretically replace a lot of products based on paper....
