EE Times on the Que ProReader

Penforhire · 02-05-2010, 05:01 PM

There is an article in the current (January) issue of EE Times that may be of interest here. They carry it on-line in multiple sections starting here -- http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.j...leID=222300001

Curious thoughts on foldability from 3rd page --

"Canova hopes the ProReader will be successful enough to fund future design projects that pioneer other market categories. However, despite the fact the company owns a foldable display, he does not foresee the much discussed foldable e-reader coming anytime soon.

"While we can make a flexible display, I can't make a flexible product because there are other technologies it requires that are still rigid," he said. "It takes a whole eco-system to make a flexible product.

"Customers don't mind a semi-rigid product, in part because some associate flexible with flimsy," he said, adding that a foldable system is a decade or more away. "

Yikes! We have a decade or more until we can fold?! Heavy sigh.

Dulin's Books · 02-05-2010, 06:17 PM

a whole fold-able SYSTEM. Fold-able displays are real now and one company will show that this year in a device for retail(not just prototype).

Penforhire · 02-05-2010, 08:36 PM

He didn't say exactly what specific "eco-system" components are a problem today. I don't understand that comment since you can have any number of PCB's attached to folding sections and interconnected with flexible ribbon cables.

02-05-2010, 05:01 PM	#1
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	EE Times on the Que ProReader There is an article in the current (January) issue of EE Times that may be of interest here. They carry it on-line in multiple sections starting here -- http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.j...leID=222300001 Curious thoughts on foldability from 3rd page -- "Canova hopes the ProReader will be successful enough to fund future design projects that pioneer other market categories. However, despite the fact the company owns a foldable display, he does not foresee the much discussed foldable e-reader coming anytime soon. "While we can make a flexible display, I can't make a flexible product because there are other technologies it requires that are still rigid," he said. "It takes a whole eco-system to make a flexible product. "Customers don't mind a semi-rigid product, in part because some associate flexible with flimsy," he said, adding that a foldable system is a decade or more away. " Yikes! We have a decade or more until we can fold?! Heavy sigh.

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02-05-2010, 06:17 PM	#2
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	a whole fold-able SYSTEM. Fold-able displays are real now and one company will show that this year in a device for retail(not just prototype).

02-05-2010, 08:36 PM	#3
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	He didn't say exactly what specific "eco-system" components are a problem today. I don't understand that comment since you can have any number of PCB's attached to folding sections and interconnected with flexible ribbon cables.

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