09:57 AM by Charbax in E-Book General | News

Exclusive 17-minute interview with E Ink's CMO at CES, where they showed me a Triton color display for signage with color so saturated that it looked like an LCD except that it was thinner than OLED, sunlight readable, uses no backlights and uses very little power. I also saw the SURF display used in a hand drill which has not been filmed before. The 11.5" 300DPI eDocument reader made in collaboration with Epson. The Triton color display based Ectaco eReader that had just won the CES innovation award, it is being deployed in Russian schools. New E Ink watches from Phosphor and Seiko. Finally, the Eton Ruckus music player with E Ink display that was launched this week was demonstrated, it is considered to be indestructible.

E Ink has shipped over 25 million E Ink screens for e-readers alone in 2011, that’s up from 10 million screens in 2010 and 4 million screens in 2009. Now E Ink is also working to expand into new markets, signage, appliances, everywhere. The idea is that more and more devices and surfaces may get an E Ink screen on them that thus by being bi-stable can show the informations for a long time without using any battery. While many electronic paper technology companies show samples, E Ink is actually in mass production with monochrome, color and segmented displays and they claim that no technology in the world comes close to the reading experience on E Ink's displays and these displays are easy on the eyes since they don’t have a shiny background or light emitting backlight.

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08:41 AM by WT Sharpe in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Welcome New Members!

The Holiday season was very good to MobileRead. We now have over 150,000 members! In order to help all our new members have a great experience in our community, we strongly recommend that you read our General Guidelines, which can be found here and at the bottom of each page. The guidelines aren't too difficult to follow. In short, they tell us to play nice, keep it clean, keep our signatures modest (not over 100 pixels in height), and not to discuss political or religious topics outside of the special Politics and Religion forum. (Those interested in taking part in political and/or religious discussions can find out how to opt-in to that forum by reviewing the first post of this thread.)

In addition, there are special posting guidelines for authors wishing to promote their works which can be found here.

Above all have fun! Discover and explore all the information our members have to share, jump in and share what you have learned, ask questions, and get to know us as we get to know you.

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

It was the week that was. Here's what MobileRead's been talking about since last Sunday:

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• January 2012 Mobile Read Book Club Run-Off Vote

01:06 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs

Help us choose an ebook as the January 2012 eBook for the Mobile Read Book Club. This is the run-off poll for January. It will be open for 3 days. The winner determines the book we will read for January. The vote this month will be visible.

We will start the discussion thread for this book on January 20th. Select from the following Choices:

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Inkmesh Search

Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
Inkmesh Search

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Been so busy reading e-books that you haven't had time to keep up on the week's news? Here's some of what you've been missing:

E-Book General - News

• Flex Lighting illuminates e-reader displays with built-in film (video)

01:22 PM by DonaldL. in E-Book General | News

Flex Lighting illuminates e-reader displays with built-in film (video)

A new film could greatly improve lighting on electronic paper devices. In the video below, Flex Lighting demonstrates the system, which works by distributing light from one or two LEDs across a very thin light guide laminated to the surface of the screen.

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Ok kids, time for the weekly roundup of what we've covered this week:

E-Book Readers - Sony Reader

• New Sony Firmware for PRS-T1 to Fix Problems

04:07 AM by JSWolf in E-Book Readers | Sony Reader

For Windows: http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/pro...PC_v1003_11140
For MAC: http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/pro...AC_v1003_11140

Improvements

This update addresses the following issues:

Improved touch panel functionality
Improved stability when searching the dictionary
An Internet connectivity problem which only appears under certain conditions is fixed.
Improved DRM contents compatibility

Thank you for your continued interest in Sony products.

Sony is offering a firmware update for the Sony Reader PRS-T1. This utility updates the firmware to version 1.0.03.11140.

This is the firmware promised by Sony to fix the touch screen issues with the PRS-T1.