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E Ink says that Hanvon has adopted their color EPD, and will launch the first e-readers that use it in 4Q 2010. The display will use E Ink's latest Pearl EPD with a color filter. E Ink expects color e-readers to account for 10% of the global e-reader market in 2011.

Color E Ink prototype

E Ink has also posted their 2Q financial reports - revenues were $162 million, and their gross margin was 39.6%.

Engadget has posted a short review of the Kindle DX Graphite. They say that this is a good evolutionary step for the Kindle DX, and the new display has a great contrast ratio, and a better refresh rate when compared to the previous version.

The Graphite Kindle DX is now shipping for $379.

A while back we reviewed the Phosphor E Ink watch, and today we posted a review of a watch that uses an OLED display. It was interesting to compare the two displays outside. Not surprisingly, the OLED is almost useless outside, but the E Ink looks great in direct sunlight:

Amazon has just announced the third generation of their popular Kindle e-reader devices. The new Amazon Kindle is smaller, and lighter but still has the same display size. They are using the new 'pearl' displays, which offer an improved contrast (by 50%!). The display size is still 6", 600x800.

There are two versions: Wi-Fi only and WiFi/3G. Both versions will ship on August 27th, and can be pre-ordered now. The Wi-Fi only will cost $139, and will come in Graphite. The 3G version will cost $189, and you can choose between white and Graphite.

Fujitsu has a new hospital registration system. It uses a small tag that has an E Ink display, into which you insert your "patient" card which then analyzes your medical history and latest info and uses wireless connectivity to tell when a doctor/nurse will be available to attend. The service will start in February 2011.

E Ink has announced their next-gen display technology called Pearl, to be released in July 2010. This new display has about 50% improved contrast ratio compared to the current Vizplex displays. The Pearl has 16 levels of gray, improved power consumption (and of course they do not require power when images are not changed).

The Pearl is the display used in Amazon's new Graphite Kindle DX, which will ship on July 2010, and cost $379.

Amazon has announced an upgrade to the original Kindle DX: the new Graphite Kindle DX. It has a new 9.7" E Ink display that has 50% improved contrast, and is cheaper - $379 (down from $489!). It still has free US 3G access (Sprint 3G) and 4GB of internal memory. Oh, and it's gray.

The Graphite Kindle DX will ship on July 7th for $379. You can pre-order it now.

Sriram Peruvemba, VP of marketing at E-ink is showing new plastic-based flexible display prototypes. This is a long video, in which he also shows all sorts of other E Ink based displays :

LG Display says that they plan to become the top e-paper maker by 2012, worldwide - when they'll introduce a flexible, color e-paper panel. LG have shown a 19" flexible monochrome E Ink based panel back in January 2010.

LG Display has also entered into a partnership with iRiver to make e-readers. They hope to produce 1 million units in 2011.

Zikon has developed a new kind of nano-technology based electronic-ink display. They say it can be cheaper than E Ink (as it can be printed more easily and does not require encapsulation)and is much faster (and can show videos). They estimate that simple displays can be made within 1 year - and are considering making a "color-changing" fingernail (or nail-polish, really). Here's a short interview with their CTO explaining how this all works: