Misc devices - Page 4

Rimowa's Electronic Tag is an E Ink (flexible Mobius) display that is used as a luggage electronic tag. It enables airline passengers to perform the luggage check in from their home, and is already integrated into Lufthansa's application. The tag includes Bluetooth and the tag displays the luggage details for the airline staff. The flexible panel is safe and durable.

The Tag was developed by T-Systems, Airbus and Rimowa, and will be launched as a commercial product in early 2016 under the BAR2GO brand.

The Plastc is a connected multi-card device that can store up to 20 debit, credit, identity or loyalty cards, saving you the need to carry lot's of plastic cards. It uses a small touch E Ink display that shows card information, barcodes, QR codes, etc. It also supports chip and pin technologies, RFID, Bluetooth and NFC.

The Plastc will ship in the summer of 2015 for $155 (you can pre-order it today).

OAXIS' InkCase 5 is an E Ink case for Apple's iPhone 5 phone that has a 3.5" E Ink display that can act as a secondary display. The case comes with an application that allows you to control and manage the E Ink display to show images, notifications, reminders and other. The case uses Bluetooth to connect to the iPhone.

The InkCase 5 is now shipping for $169.99 in the US.

Faraday Bicycles' crowd-funded Electronic bike has a purpose-built design combining the speed and exhilaration of a state-of the-art e-bike with the timeless looks of a classic European city bike. It weighs less than 18 Kg, but still delivers a range of over 32 Km.

The bicycle's intuitive and low-profile handlebar controls are complemented by an E Ink display that provides information on the bike's battery status. The limited edition, US-made pilot production run will begin shipping in early 2014, and is entirely sold out. Pre-orders for Faraday's second production run, with an expected ship date of Q3 2014, can be placed now, for $3,500.

Gajah's InkCase is a mobile phone cover with an E Ink display. There are two models, one for the iPhone 5 (with a 3.5" 360x600 display) and one for the Galaxy Note II (with a 4.3" 600x800). Both cases use Bluetooth to communicate with the phone.

The iPhone 5 case will cost $99 while the Note II case will cost $129. Gajah aims to launch these for the Chinese and Malaysian markets soon.

Russia-based Yota Device's Ruby is an LTE hotspot device with a small E Ink display that shows the battery life and the status of the device: signal value, number of connected devices and the devices' mode - it can act as a secure or public-access point. The device supports LTE, HSPA+ and EDGE for the European market, and it has a configurable hardware radio for other bands.

The Ruby will launch in Russia in June 2013 for about $120, and will come to other countries in Europe later on.

Lexar's Echo MX is a high-performance USB drive with 8 to 128GB memory, depending on the model. The drive offers 30MB/s read and 17MB/s write and sports an always-on E Ink capacity meter.

The Echo MX 8GB drive costs $9.99, while the 128GB model costs $104.98.

The Eton Rukus Solar is a portable Bluetooth sound system with solar panels and a SURF (segmented) E Ink display. This is an outdoor sound system - hence the Solar and E Ink display...

The Rukus Solar is now shipping for $150.

Victorinox's new flash drive has 256GB capacity, USB 2 and eSATA interface, and a small 96x48 E Ink display. You can customize the display, the Victornix suggests showing "Documents information's, Drive information's, folder structures, backup information's, graphics and others.

We don't know the price or when they're going to release this cool little drive...

The Novatel Wireless Mi-Fi 3G/4G supports Sprint WiMAX data (average 3-6Mbps, 10Mbps peak) and features a microSD memory card slot. The E Ink display on top shows status information. The device has a 1500mAh battery which is said to last 4 hours of active use.

The MiFi 3G/4G will cost $49.99 with a 2-year Sprint contact, and will be available on February 27th 2011.