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Originally Posted by mikij1
No company has shown interest in these screens for his ereaders, am I right?
Mirasol, E Ink Triton, Bridgeston, Liquavista, Pixel Qi...
I lost faith in ink and color displays on ereaders.
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Mirasol was used in an eReader, but unfortunately it proved to have a very poor viewing angle. It also had a front-light in a rather clunky way.
E-Ink Triton has also been used in eReaders, but is low-res and rather dark.
Bridgestone gave up on their display technology in 2012. I don't know if they sold the technology to anyone. It's a shame - they had large, flexible, colour displays.
Liquavista were bought by Amazon in May 2013. The technology was pretty far advanced, so I'm hoping that Amazon will use it in a ereader in the next year or so.
Pixel Qi have concentrated on replacement laptop and tablet displays. While the combination of hi-res reflective B&W with low-res transmissive colour is very clever, I don't think it's really suitable as an ereader display.
Liquavista still seems to be a good bet, but will almost certainly only be available in Kindles, if at all, but these new displays from Japan displays could be very good for someone. Kobo, perhaps?