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Siam 7x Dual-Screen Smartphone Clears the FCC, Goes on Sale for $550

22 December, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

Many gadget-lovers have been hoping that Chinese smartphone makers would launch a low-priced alternate to the Yotaphone, but if the Siam 7x is typical of the market...

The Dual-Screen Smartphone is Over – Yota Devices Sells Itself in $100 Million Funding Round

24 October, 20155 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware7 Comments

When Yota Devices burst on to the international tech scene three years ago it wowed us all with a unique dual-screen smartphone that combined an LCD...

E-ink Shows Off Smart Badges, 13.3″ Color Screens, and More (video)

16 October, 201514 May, 2016Conferences & Trade shows, E-ink, e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

Screen tech in the ereader market may have stalled after last year's release of the Carta E-ink screen on the Kindle Voyage, but that doesn't mean...

Yota Devices Inks Deal With ZTE to Make Dual-Screen Yotaphone 3 in China

16 September, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

Yota Devices plans to release a US version of their dual-screen smartphone may have fallen through, but their plans for the next-gen Yotaphone are progressing nicely....

Oukitel U6 Dual-Screen Smartphone up for Pre-Order – for $270

17 August, 201510 May, 2016E-ink, e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

The Yotaphone is about to lose its title as the world's only dual-screen smartphone. The Oukitel U6 is a budget-priced competitor with a 5" LCD screen, a...

Yotaphone Won’t be Coming to the US – Except It Will

31 July, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

Word is getting around today that Yota Devices, makers of the dual-screen smartphone the Yotaphone, will not be launching it in the US. Having failed to secure...

No, the Yotaphone Isn’t Switching From Android to Sailfish

4 July, 201510 May, 2016DeBunking, e-Reading Hardware28 Comments

There's a story going around today that the upcoming models of the dual-screen Yotaphone will be dropping Android in favor of the Sailfish OS. A number of...

Hands On With Huateng’s $307 Dual-Screen E-ink Smartphone (video)

20 May, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware6 Comments

With the Yotaphone 2 costing $600 retail (currently $500 pre-order on Indiegogo) and the Siswoo R9 Darkmoon still little more than a Photoshop render, the Flag...

Huateng Flag D1 Looks Like an iPhone Clone With a Secondary E-ink Screen

12 May, 201510 May, 2016E-ink, e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

For the past couple years the Yotaphone has claimed the distinction of being the one-and-only dual-screen smartphone but soon it will have to give up that...

YotaPhone 2 Coming to the US – via IndieGogo

3 March, 201510 May, 2016E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

Somehow finding themselves unable to sign a US distributor, Yota Devices plans to launch its dual-screen smartphone in the US via a crowd-funding platform, PhoneScoop reports. The YotaPhone...

Yotaphone 2 Coming to T-Mobile (in the US) in March?

16 January, 201510 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware, Rumors4 Comments

There's a story going around this week that the funky new dual-screen smartphone, the Yotaphone 2, will be coming to the US branch of T-Mobile this spring....

Yotaphone 2 Shows up at the FCC, Spills its Guts

12 January, 201511 May, 2017e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

The Yotaphone 2 is an Android smartphone with a 5" AMOLED screen on the front and a 4.7" E-ink screen on the back. It launched in...

E-ink Demos a 13.3″ Second Screen E-ink Monitor at CES 2015 (video)

6 January, 201514 February, 2018Conferences & Trade shows, e-Reading Hardware50 Comments

E-ink's fancy looking wall hanging got a lot of press this morning due to their press release but that's not the most interesting gadget in their booth....

Yotaphone 2 launched, Could be coming to the US next year (maybe)

3 December, 201411 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware6 Comments

As I predicted when I broke the news last month, Yota Devices officially launched their second dual-screen smartphone this week. The Yotaphone 2 sports a 5" AMOLED...

Yotaphone 2 to Launch/Ship on 11 December, cost 699 Euros (?)

12 November, 201410 May, 2016e-Reading Hardware7 Comments

Combining a 5" AMOLED and a 4.7" E-ink screen, Yota Devices' second dual-screen smartphone has been one of the more highly anticipated mobile devices ever since...

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