Tianjin Jinke announced 3 new e-readers today. Two of them use SiPix's e-paper technology, with 6" and 9" displays. These are the first e-readers announced that use SiPix's displays.
The third e-reader (the V30+) uses an E Ink display.
Liquavista is showing their color e-paper display at CES. They say they expect product announcements in 2010/2011. Here's a nice video showing how it compares to an E Ink display:
Skiff (owned by Hearst corporation) has announced their Skiff e-reader. It has the largest display of all current e-readers at 11.5". It's actually a flexible E Ink touchscreen, with a 1200x1600 pixel resolution.
The display is a rugged metal-foil on a flexible stainless-steel substrate. It is made by LG Display (who licensed E Ink just a few days ago). Skiff say that it's shatter-proof and crack-proof.
Apple are working on a tablet computer - this rumor has been around for ages. Now there are new rumors that the new gadget will primarily be an e-reader. Obviously that might shake up the whole e-reader market...
It'll be interesting to see what kind of display will the new device have. The best display for e-readers is e-paper (currently almost all e-readers use E Ink displays). There were rumors that Apple will use OLEDs in their new tablet. We'll have to wait and see...
PVI has signed a deal with LG Display, which will be able to make E Ink based panels. LG Displays has invested (in bonds) around $30 million in Hydis, PVI's subsidiary.
IBM is developing new systems for retail and energy suppliers. This is part of their 'Smarter-Planet' initiative to create useful, efficient and green systems. IBM has shown new electronic shelf labels that use E Ink to display prices. The labels themselves are made by MariSense.
IBM E Ink shelf labelsThe Flexible Display Center (at the Arizona State University) has developed a controller for a WowWee Rovio Robot using a flexible E Ink display:
China's Hanwang is currently using 5" E Ink displays (made by PVI) for their e-readers. They have now started to use AUO's panels (9" ones) for future products in 2010.
Hanwang hopes to sell over 500,000 e-readers in 2009, and over a million in 2010.
The Bookeen Cybook Opus e-reader is available, for 215$. The Opus is a small reader, weighting only 150 grams, with a 6" E Ink display. It supports ePub and PDF files, has 1Gb of internal memory (plus a microSD card slot).
Engadget reports that a Wistron manager says they plan to launch a flexible e-paper (5- to 6-inch) reader, based on the Readius in 2010.
The Readius