Flex Lighting has developed a new front light LED film that is part of a new lighting system that promises to bring nighttime reading to E Ink displays everywhere. Flex Lighting’s setup is rather simple, consisting of nothing more than a single LED and a…
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Colour EInk Display Finally Hitting the Market on the Jetbook eReader
We’ve been seeing prototypes of color EInk display’s for a while now, but so far we haven’t seen any products. That’s about to change thanks to the Jetbook Color eReader. The device features a 9.7 inch, 600 x 800 pixel E Ink display, WiFi, a…
Nookcolor Gets Automated Root Installer
The NOOKcolor 7 inch eReader has been a pretty popular device for rooting but up until recently you had to know your way around a command line to make that magic happen. It seems that a member of the xda-developers community has released a tool…
NPD: The iPad Has Sights Set on eReaders not Netbooks
Sensational headlines have been taking the stage since the iPad was released and every other person I talk to at a conference always ask me what my new site will be called since Netbooks are obviously dead. I always set them straight letting them know…
RIM’s Tablet the Playbook Gets Free Kindle Application
Netbook News is sitting in the BlackBerry DevCon10 press conference and we’ve just heard about the PlayBook, if you want to check out the specs sheet and official video please click here. What is especially interesting is that we already have the first App being…
Look Out iPad Sharp’s e-Reader with a 3D future is Coming
Japan gets all the innovative gadgets first! Although with this one I think it might be a bit of a gamble since interest in 3D has yet to be proven. This fall Sharp is going to launch a brand new e-reader in Japan with US…
First DIY-ers start to receive Pixel Qi screens
Pixel Qi, the company making that magical dual-mode LCD / E-Ink screen, put the first batch of their DIY screen kits on sale at Maker Shed earlier this week and they were all snapped up double-quick. Now some cheerful modders are starting to receive their…
Freescale eReader Display at Computex 2010
eReaders are a segment that is finally starting to get interesting with the improved ePaper quality and better refresh-rates to begin incorporating video. Over the next year we are going to start to see e-Readers offer similar and overlapping services as tablets and netbooks. Wifi…
Freescale eReader Display at Computex 2010
Freescale processors are behind alot of the worlds eBook Readers. At Computex 2010 they have put together a collection of about 20 e Readers for us to check out various designs and quality of ePaper.…
Fujitsu Raises The Bar On Colour E-Paper
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…
Nearly-perfect PAGEone eReader found on the streets of Seoul
Whilst taking one of my Saturday jaunts through Seoul’s thronging Myeongdong shopping district, I wandered into a new SK Telecom electronics shop to see what they had to offer – usually all of these shops are exactly the same, stocking a very limited array of…
R7 eReader Brings Magazines to Life – Hands-on video
SmartDevices has its first ebook reader the R7 this hands on video shows the device displaying a newspaper and magazine. It reminds me of what Qualcomm is aiming for with their Mirasol screen display technology, and well, we wish it was sporting that low power…
10″ 3D Display Demoed by Sharp Aimed at Tablets & Netbooks
Japanese electronics company Sharp showed a 3D display measuring 10.1 and 10.6 inches which could be used in netbooks. What sets this apart from traditonal 3D is that you don’t need glasses to see it in 3D, Sharp has actually come out with 3.4″ 3D…
Dual Screen Netbook EReader Love Child Reviewed – The Entourage eDGe
We saw the Entourage eDGe in December and well thought it was pretty special. The Taiwanese content publishers are interested in it because it may replace the mountains of books students have to carry around over here. What is going to happen, we are still…
CeBIT 2010: An E-Reader that Looks Like an iPhone – Million-E
The Million-e is a 6″ e-reader that sports a touch screen, 3G and WiFi like the iPhone! Shenzhen Million-E Culture Industrial Co. Ltd. shows off its new e-ink e-reader with a resistive touch screen.
Thanks Charbax!…
