Is color e-Ink going to be the wave of the future for these reading devices? It’s way too soon to tell, as Amazon – the king of this space – is reportedly prepping an Android tablet and I’m pretty sure this won’t be an e-Ink display.
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The Nook Color is more in line with a traditional tablet because it runs Android, has a full color touchscreen, can browse the Internet and it will be able to run a variety of Android-based apps. Samsung is even producing 7-inch Super AMOLED screens for a variety of tablets next year.Įven other e-reader makers like Barnes & Noble appear to be moving away from e-Ink color technology, as the company’s Nook Color sports a 7-inch touchscreen IPS display. Color e-Ink: In May of this year, Hanvon is expected to debut the first color e-Ink e. Reported that online holiday sales of electronic books outstripped online sales of physical books. Academic and public libraries face different challenges with eBooks and eReaders in terms of available. The 9. More Hanvon E-book Mit Color E-ink images. We’ve heard that we can expect these Mirasol displays which can show color and videos in the first quarter of 2011.Īpple and other tablet makers seem fine with LCD displays over color e-Ink, as it makes it easier to provide touchscreen support. Hanvon participates in this years CES as it teases to the public what is thought to be the worlds first color e-ink reader, the E920. We’ve seen some color e-reader displays from Mirasol but most of the major players in the e-reader space don’t believe the technology is ready for mass consumption yet. Additionally, the color e-Ink display will also make it much easier to read in the sunlight – Amazon recently poked fun at the iPad’s lack of direct sunlight reading in a commercial. While Amazon and Sony are still hemming and hawing about taking their ebook-reading adventure into the. First of all, the battery life should be tremendous, as you’ll probably only have to charge it once every few weeks or so. Hanvon to be first with color E Ink reader, sizes it at 10 inches, makes it a touchscreen. Hanvons Color eReader Is Available for Pre-order. We all knew this was coming, though whether the first to market would be the frontrunner, E Ink, or. There isn’t much in the way of details about the Hanvon device but its color e-Ink display will offer many advantages over LCD screens. Hanvon Touch Technology Distinguishes Between Pen and Fingers. E Inks Color 'Triton' E-Paper Screens Make Their Debut. Hanvon color eReader available for pre-order in China since November. This is a shock considering that 95% of China’s e-book market is held by Hanvon itself.A Chinese company Hanvon will soon introduce the first e-reader with a color e-Ink display but will it be enough to compete against tablets like the Apple iPad or the Nook Color? Hanvon Sold over 1 Million eReaders, Promises Color eInk Reader by Q2 2011. Hanvon announced that the E920 won’t be available in China until May, and by June it will be on sale in the US. The reader has dull colors onscreen even when compared with below average LCDs and slow refresh rates contributing to rougher transitions from page to page.Īnd the touchscreen is resistive, and therefore you must make use of an inbuilt stylus for navigation. The prototype unit that was demonstrated at the event has an impressive solid and thin construction, and it also offered excellent viewing angles.īut the device still needs much work to be done on it. It has the usual bits of other E-Ink readers with a capability to support numerous text formats and text to speech function. E Ink's color screen is made by fitting the original black-and-white display with a color filter.
The device also returns a standby time of 15 days and can turn over 10,000 pages without a recharge. Welcome to another Good e-Reader exclusive video We got the worlds first hands on video of the first color e-ink 9.7 inch e-reader shown off at CES We got. Hanvon will be the first company to showcase E Ink's color capabilities.
The Hanvon E920 has a microSD card slot that can support up to 32 GB memory cards that will help you in storing approximately 10,000 e-books. The device comes equipped with a one of a kind large 9.7 inch color E-Ink panel with resolutions up to 1200×1600. Hanvon has introduced the E920, which is the world’s first color E-ink reader, at CES 2011.