E Ink unwraps colour e-paper reader
Triton to sink tablets?
E Ink has demo'd Triton - its technology to enable colour e-book readers.
Triton is capable of presenting "thousands of colours", E Ink said, and it claimed they would be viewable in sunlight. Like other E Ink e-paper technologies, Triton is "low power" - not that E Ink provided figures, mind.
Source: PCWatch
E Ink showed Triton off at the Flat Panel Display show in Japan, as well as a colour e-book reader from Chinese hardware maker Hanvon.
Even so, E Ink marketing chief Lawrence Schwartz said that the company didn't believe Triton was an e-book reader component so much as a technology that will enable e-newspapers. Of course, there aren't going to be separate e-newspaper, e-magazine and e-book devices - they'll all become one, 5, 7 or 10in tablet.
No word yet on when Triton will be available in readers sold over here - or what price premium it will add to the likes of Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader. ®
COMMENTS
How big can it go??
Forget photo frames, I'd like some digital wallpaper - change the design whenever I feel like it ...
Sure, it's nice, but ...
Do we really need colour?
Particularly if it comes at the cost (as I assume it must) of increased power consumption even for monochrome operations.
Sounds great
I'd much prefer this for ebooks over an LCD screen like the new Nook and iPad.
Careful what you wish for...
Remember that Ray Bradbury story "The Veldt"?
This is the future...
...of displays for laptops, netbooks and tablets. Perhaps even mobile phones. Here I am, in a well-lit office, working with a monitor that needs to be illuminated. Just beside it, on my desk, is a sheet of paper requiring no illumination and consuming no energy.
Of course, we will need illumination for certain conditions but it should be optional.
I love stuff like this - reminds me of Tomorrow's World when I was a kid!
I can't wait to see what products will emerge over the next few years using this technology.
