2017 is soon over - and this has been an interesting year for the e-paper industry. We continued to see the trend that began a few years ago - with the focus of the industry on signage and retail applications rather than e-readers, even though the e-reader market is stronger than expected.
Here are the top 10 stories posted on E-Ink-Info in 2017, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):
- Dasung runs out of its 13.3" E Ink monitor, readying its next-gen Bluetooth powered one (Jan 21)
- E Ink demonstrates a foldable 10.2" e-paper prototype (Jun 16)
- Q&A with Sri Peruvemba, Visionect's new board member and E Ink veteran (Oct 18)
- Vienna's Airport Line install E Ink signage in all its shuttle bus stations (Nov 11)
- Samsung patents a mobile phone cover with an E Ink display (Jan 23)
- Visionect launches a new 13.3" digital E Ink sign (May 19)
- Japan Display developed a 400-600 PPI E Ink backplane (May 23)
- E Ink iPhone case makers PopSlate goes bankcrupt (Mar 19)
- E Ink and Dai Nippon to launch a new E Ink Prism based retail system (Mar 8)
- E Ink and Texen to bring battery-less displays based smart packaging (Jan 22)
Posted: Dec 27,2017 by Ron Mertens