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Best Buy is Now Using Spectra E-ink Shelf Labels

11 January, 202111 January, 2021e-Reading Hardware, Screen Tech3 Comments

I was in Best Buy this morning, buying a new laptop when I happened to notice that the store now had digital product labels decorating the...

E-ink is Beta-Testing Electronic Window Tint (video)

21 November, 202021 November, 2020E-ink2 Comments

Tinted windows are great – they give you privacy and limit the amount of sunlight which can penetrate. But they are not so great when lighting...

E-ink to Launch New Kaleido Screens by Year’s End (Digitimes)

23 October, 202023 October, 2020E-ink, RumorsOne Comment

Remember how I told you back in August that Onyx teased a 7.8″ color ereader based on the Boox Nova2? Well, Digitimes says that the screen...

E-ink is Developing a Second-Gen ACeP Color ePaper (video)

4 September, 20204 September, 2020Screen Tech4 Comments

A little over 4 years ago E-ink launched a 7-color epaper screen for the signage market. The 20″ and larger screens have not seen widespread use...

Ask The Expert: When Can We Expect Better Color E-ink Screens?

16 August, 202022 August, 2020Screen Tech10 Comments

Someone asked a question in the comment section of the blog the other day about color E-ink screens. He wanted to know when we would see...

E-ink Shows Off (Another) Foldable 10.3″ Display, This Time With a Frontlight

11 August, 202011 August, 2020E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

Foldable E-ink display prototypes are old hat in 2020 – the oldest prototypes are actually older than some of my nieces. With just the one foldable...

Waveshare Now Carries a 5.65″ ACeP E-ink Display

11 August, 20204 September, 2020E-inkOne Comment

How would you like to get your hands on one of E-ink’s ACeP displays? Well, Waveshare has a 5.65″ screen unit which it will soon be...

Hands On With Waveshare’s NFC-Powered E-ink Screens

4 June, 202015 June, 2020E-ink, e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

Remember 3 months back when I told you about Waveshare selling a line of E-ink screens powered by NFC? Well, after two months of saving up,...

E-ink and Innolux Are Developing 28″ Color ePaper Signage

6 May, 20206 May, 2020E-ink8 Comments

Here’s something to keep you interested while we wait for the new color ereaders to ship. A couple days ago E-ink announced they are developing a...

All You Need to Know About the E-ink Kaleido Screen Tech

24 April, 202024 April, 2020E-ink, e-Reading Hardware7 Comments

With several new color ereaders (such as the Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color) launching in 2020, everyone is wondering just what kind of screen tech is...

Waveshare Now Sells NFC-Powered E-ink Screens in 7.5″, 4.2″, 2.9″, and 2.13″ Sizes

18 March, 202018 March, 2020E-inkOne Comment

Remember way back in June 2013 when I showed you a proof of concept design for a battery-less E-ink screen powered by NFC? The idea never...

3-Color 12.5″ E-ink Screen Available via Waveshare

17 December, 201917 December, 2019Screen Tech4 Comments

Around six years back E-ink launched a 3-color screen to be used in signage. The tech is called Spectra, and it featured red, black, and white...

ClearInk SID Display Week 2019 (video)

16 June, 201916 June, 2019Screen TechOne Comment

Charbax caught up with ClearInk at SID Display Week last month. The company reps talked a very good game in the hopes of distracting us from...

E-ink Partners With a Japanese Retailer to Develop World’s First Full-Color, ePaper Digital Point-of-Purchase Sign

22 February, 201922 February, 2019Screen TechLeave a comment

Remember about 3 years ago when E-ink announced their ACeP epaper signage? It was supposed to have shipped in 2017, but we have seen neither hide...

Viewtag’s E-ink Equipped Luggage Tag Clears the FCC

25 January, 201925 January, 2019E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

For the past six years or so E-ink luggage tags have been just over the horizon; multiple models have been announced but none have made it...