Category Archives: Future technology

Rethinking the Smartphone – News from MWC 2013

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What is arguably the biggest innovation in Smartphones since the introduction of the iPhone will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week. The YotaPhone, by Yota Devices, was a Best of CES 2013 award winner. The YotaPhone abandons the classic single LCD Smartphone design. At MWC, Yota will be introducing a revolutionary new smartphone with an E Ink ePaper display on the back of the phone. The extremely low power E Ink display enables the YotaPhone to deliver new functionality and extended battery life at the same time.

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World’s Thinnest Watch approaches $1 million in sales on Kickstarter

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In January, Central Standard Timing launched a revolutionary new watch at the 2013 CES show. E Ink’s SURF display was an integral part of their vision and design process, and together we previewed the CST-01 during ShowStoppers and in press meetings, to overwhelmingly positive feedback.

Central Standard Timing made the CST-01 watch available on Kickstarter, with an initial goal of raising $200,000 within 45 days. Today is day 42 and the team has raised $907,050, and are pushing to hit $1 Million before they close off the campaign.

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E Ink at CES 2013

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Last week E Ink participated in CES 2013 in Las Vegas. While we didn’t exhibit at the show, we attended ShowStoppers, a press event on Tuesday night, and met with reporters throughout Wednesday to offer a sneak peak at some new technologies and products coming up in the future.

You can find a full listing of our press coverage on our website, but we wanted to share a few video articles from video blogger Charbax, who spent nearly an hour with our CMO, Sri Peruvemba.

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E Ink Dual Screen Smartphone Coming in 2013

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Yesterday, December 12, our customer, Yota, announced a new phone coming in 2013 that features an E Ink display.

While E Ink has been included in cell phones before, with the Motofone F3, the Samsung Alias 2 and the Sony Ericsson Urbano Affare, the E Ink display had been a small supplemental display, or a keypad. The Yota product marks the first time E Ink will be a large secondary display on a smartphone.

Yet this phone is not significantly heavier or using significantly more power. How is this possible?

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A New Wave in Education

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A huge wave is forming offshore. It is likely to sweep through several developing countries before it reaches the developed world. In its wake it will permanently transform remote villages and towns. In its aftermath, entire families will be uprooted and placed out of illiteracy. What is this wave? It’s a wave of change in the way we educate. It’s about electronic books becoming a force to reckon with, going where paper book hasn’t.

An average college textbook in the USA costs about $80. That is more than the monthly income of a family in the developing world.

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