Colour paper arrived in 2007 but it hasn’t really been good enough, until now. Fujitsu has been pioneering this field and after 3 years is coming with colour e-paper display of decent quality. The technology will be shown off this week at Fujitsu Forum 2010 (May 13 – 14 at Tokyo International Forum) and is expected in Japanese market in e-book readers and advertising billboards by Q3 this year.
The new colour e-paper has been extensively redesigned and offers 1.3 times brighter colour than its previous attempt, and an improved contrast ratio of 7:1 which is a 3x improvement. If you are wondering what the refresh rate is when yo are turning pages, you’ll get re-write speed’s of 0.7 seconds & smooth image transitions.
According the Fujitsu this sets a benchmark for colour E-Paper. We are actually unsure of this statement as the E-Paper enters into direct competition with Qualcomm’s Mirasol Mems technology. Which clearly offers a more vibrant image, however, Mirasol can also handle video, which guarantees a higher price then Fujitu’s colour E-Paper.
No word yet on the power consumption of the new colour E-Paper, we will keep an eye out for more details when the product actually goes on display this week.
Via GizMag
