PVI: Flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 / Color by end of 2009

Alexander Turcic · 01-22-2009, 05:59 PM

Completely unsubstantiated "market sources" rumors are making the rounds that Prime View International (PVI), producer of most of the E Ink panels that are out there, is ready to begin mass production of flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 and of color e-paper by the end of this year. Yes, I know, this has been dragging on forever, but at least we're now talking about feasible dates and we won't have to wait too long before finding out whether these rumors are all true.

[via Digitimes]

zelda_pinwheel · 01-22-2009, 06:00 PM

there is so much going on this year i can hardly stand it.

Wanderer · 01-22-2009, 06:19 PM

Interesting, tho the flexibility (and actually color as well) aren't really important to me... Have they promised any other new/improved features for this new gen, like faster refresh times etc.?

Alisa · 01-22-2009, 06:21 PM

I'd love to have a flexible reader if for nothing more than the increased durability it will likely bring. Larger and with color could also bring the much sought after textbook market.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-22-2009, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alisa

I'd love to have a flexible reader if for nothing more than the increased durability it will likely bring. Larger and with color could also bring the much sought after textbook market.

yes, it's the increased durability that interests me too (i'm completely paranoid about breaking mine).

Dylrob · 01-22-2009, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alisa

I'd love to have a flexible reader if for nothing more than the increased durability it will likely bring. Larger and with color could also bring the much sought after textbook market.

It's my understanding that this is the whole idea with these first gen screens. They aren't actually going to roll up like the Readius technology.

Anyways... having had my PRS500 screen crack, I can understand Zelda's paranoia. I've been trying to hold out for a device that features the flexible screens. Yet they keep getting delayed! I really hope this rumor pans out.

Daithi · 01-22-2009, 08:22 PM

I imagine that I'm going to be upgrading my e-reader every couple of years with all the changes and improvements coming our way.

The main thing that I want is an e-reader with a bigger screen that can displays PDFs designed for an 8 1/2" by 11" page. The PDF support would also make producing books for the e-reader much easier. That is item number one on my wishlist.

Number two on my list is a bigger screen that can display PDFs -- I REALLY want this feature.

Number three on the wishlist is color. I have some children's books that have color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Maxfiald Parrish, and many other elite illustrators. I'd love to have e-book versions of these books. Plus, I also read a fair amount of non-fiction textbook type books, which sometimes use color pictures to help provide information, and I'd like to have these books as e-books as well. I also read several magazines that are of course printed in color. Once again, I'd like to have them on my e-reader. (I'm taking the assertion that color will be here by the end of year with a grain of salt.)

A flexible screen isn't high on my must have list, but I would like more durability. So if flexible screens provide that durability then great. I just have this image in my head of me carrying around a rolled up screen, and then trying to make it lay flat, but it keeps rolling up on me as I get more and more frustrated.

A screen capable of displaying moving images (i.e. video) is also not a must have for me. I DO WANT the fast refresh rate, but I think I'd prefer the backlit PC (or huge TV) for videos. I'd probably upgrade to an e-reader that can provide video, but it's not a must have for me.

Give me the big screen with PDF support!

Donnageddon · 01-23-2009, 02:04 AM

Drool.... drop.... splat!

Flexible, large screen, color E-ink readers.

I want.

(Another free-form neoHaiku from Donnageddon)

Gaurnim · 01-23-2009, 04:17 AM

Arg .... failed once again save against shiny !
I want it now !

Where did I put my time travel license ?

zelda_pinwheel · 01-23-2009, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Drool.... drop.... splat!

Flexible, large screen, color E-ink readers.

I want.

(Another free-form neoHaiku from Donnageddon)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

Arg .... failed once again save against shiny !
I want it now !

Where did I put my time travel license ?

(can you bring an extra one from the future for me please ? i also failed save against shiny !!)

yagiz · 01-23-2009, 09:01 AM

PDF support has always been number one on my list... To read technical books and magazines, mainly. At the moment, the support for that format (large PDFs) suck...

Color and bigger screen would surely bring comics to e-reader. We're talking about real support

, without needing a magnifying glass after the conversion

.

Gaurnim · 01-23-2009, 10:19 AM

Did you people read the other article posted by Alex today ?
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37029

It's quite interesting too.

(Zelda, I can't !!
My time travel license was confiscated after I was caught by the Time Cops (yeah, the ones with Van Damme) doing 150 days/hour on the inter-time highway in my brand old DeLorean.
Damn those Jovians, and their VentureFortyTwos (Time-travelling versions of the VentureOne) !! If it weren't for them we'd still be free to go as fast as we want on the inter-time highway.
I could tell you about my journey to get back home after being stranded with my car confiscated, but I've been fined 3 minutes per hour, so I don't really have the time.)

pilotbob · 01-23-2009, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

My time travel license was confiscated after I was caught by the Time Cops

There was a hilarious time travel "thread" somewhere. It was about all the newbee travelers talking about how they went back and killed Hitler... and how all the time cops stopped them. It was really funny. Ah here is the link:

http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html

BOb

Gaurnim · 01-23-2009, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

There was a hilarious time travel "thread" somewhere. It was about all the newbee travelers talking about how they went back and killed Hitler... and how all the time cops stopped them. It was really funny. Ah here is the link:

http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html

BOb

Thanks for the link, I'll have a look.

Shaggy · 01-23-2009, 10:32 AM

The article talks about flexible/color "EPDs". Does that imply EInk Corps technology, or could it be something different?

01-22-2009, 05:59 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	PVI: Flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 / Color by end of 2009 Completely unsubstantiated "market sources" rumors are making the rounds that Prime View International (PVI), producer of most of the E Ink panels that are out there, is ready to begin mass production of flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 and of color e-paper by the end of this year. Yes, I know, this has been dragging on forever, but at least we're now talking about feasible dates and we won't have to wait too long before finding out whether these rumors are all true. [via Digitimes]

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	there is so much going on this year i can hardly stand it.

01-22-2009, 06:19 PM	#3
Wanderer Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: PRS-505	Interesting, tho the flexibility (and actually color as well) aren't really important to me... Have they promised any other new/improved features for this new gen, like faster refresh times etc.?

01-22-2009, 06:21 PM	#4
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	I'd love to have a flexible reader if for nothing more than the increased durability it will likely bring. Larger and with color could also bring the much sought after textbook market.

01-22-2009, 08:22 PM	#7
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I imagine that I'm going to be upgrading my e-reader every couple of years with all the changes and improvements coming our way. The main thing that I want is an e-reader with a bigger screen that can displays PDFs designed for an 8 1/2" by 11" page. The PDF support would also make producing books for the e-reader much easier. That is item number one on my wishlist. Number two on my list is a bigger screen that can display PDFs -- I REALLY want this feature. Number three on the wishlist is color. I have some children's books that have color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Maxfiald Parrish, and many other elite illustrators. I'd love to have e-book versions of these books. Plus, I also read a fair amount of non-fiction textbook type books, which sometimes use color pictures to help provide information, and I'd like to have these books as e-books as well. I also read several magazines that are of course printed in color. Once again, I'd like to have them on my e-reader. (I'm taking the assertion that color will be here by the end of year with a grain of salt.) A flexible screen isn't high on my must have list, but I would like more durability. So if flexible screens provide that durability then great. I just have this image in my head of me carrying around a rolled up screen, and then trying to make it lay flat, but it keeps rolling up on me as I get more and more frustrated. A screen capable of displaying moving images (i.e. video) is also not a must have for me. I DO WANT the fast refresh rate, but I think I'd prefer the backlit PC (or huge TV) for videos. I'd probably upgrade to an e-reader that can provide video, but it's not a must have for me. Give me the big screen with PDF support!

01-23-2009, 02:04 AM	#8
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Drool.... drop.... splat! Flexible, large screen, color E-ink readers. I want. (Another free-form neoHaiku from Donnageddon)

01-23-2009, 04:17 AM	#9
Gaurnim Final Five n°42 Posts: 789 Karma: 3599 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon, France Device: Cybook Gen3	Arg .... failed once again save against shiny ! I want it now ! Where did I put my time travel license ?

01-23-2009, 09:01 AM	#11
yagiz http://is.gd/4flJX Posts: 134 Karma: 422 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone 3G	PDF support has always been number one on my list... To read technical books and magazines, mainly. At the moment, the support for that format (large PDFs) suck... Color and bigger screen would surely bring comics to e-reader. We're talking about real support , without needing a magnifying glass after the conversion .

01-23-2009, 10:19 AM	#12
Gaurnim Final Five n°42 Posts: 789 Karma: 3599 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon, France Device: Cybook Gen3	Did you people read the other article posted by Alex today ? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37029 It's quite interesting too. (Zelda, I can't !! My time travel license was confiscated after I was caught by the Time Cops (yeah, the ones with Van Damme) doing 150 days/hour on the inter-time highway in my brand old DeLorean. Damn those Jovians, and their VentureFortyTwos (Time-travelling versions of the VentureOne) !! If it weren't for them we'd still be free to go as fast as we want on the inter-time highway. I could tell you about my journey to get back home after being stranded with my car confiscated, but I've been fined 3 minutes per hour, so I don't really have the time.)

01-23-2009, 10:32 AM	#15
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	The article talks about flexible/color "EPDs". Does that imply EInk Corps technology, or could it be something different?

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