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Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition Initial Review: Tradition Meets Function

Pocket-lint

By Britta O’Boyle

January 9, 2023

Fossil's Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition smartwatch is an evolution of the Gen 6 Wellness Edition smartwatch, offering many of the key features but with an E-Ink display instead of OLED. Announced at CES 2023, the hybrid smartwatch promises a two week battery life, whilst continuing to provide functions like heart rate and SpO2 tracking, as well as Alexa.

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iFlytek Max is a 13.3-Inch eNote

Good eReader

By Michael Kozlowski

January 9, 2023

iFlytek has just released their first 13.3-inch digital note taking device called the Max. It comes with a new stylus that the company has just developed and it has a number of software features such as split screen, where you can have one thing open one side and something else on the other. This might be good for someone needing to edit two different PDF documents, or one PDF and taking freehand notes on the other side. The iFlytek Max features a 13.3-inch E INK Carta HD e-paper display with a resolution of 2200×1650 with 207 PPI.

 

Sol Reader E Ink Headset for Hands-Free eReading Makes CES Debut

Good eReader

By Sovan Mandal

January 9, 2023

We have e-readers, digital note-taking devices, smartwatches, and a myriad of other DIY stuff using E Ink displays. Now, here comes a headset, or rather a head-mounted display that uses the e-paper panels and is designed to take e-reading to a new level altogether. Developed by the start-up Sol Reader, the upcoming E Ink headset by the same name is still a work-in-progress thing though the company did have a prototype to show off at the CES event.

Similar Article: Liliputing, Gizmodo

 

Vertu Vbook William Shakespeare Edition is a 10.1-Inch eNote

Good eReader

By Michael Kozlowski

January 9, 2023

Vertu is a luxury brand out of Hong Kong and sold in English. They are well known for selling diamond encrusted phones or phones with an alligator skin or calfskin built right into it for 30k. Their phone cases are also designed well and normally retail for $700. The company has just launched their first digital note taking device and it is called the Vertu Vbook, William Shakespeare edition. You can order it today from the Good e-Reader Store for $1399.99, it is after all, a luxury product. The Vertu E-Note features a 10.1 inch E INK Carta HD display with a resolution of 1200×1600 with a proclaimed 360 PPI.

 

The Top 3 Things Amazon Announced at CES 2023

Good eReader

By Michael Kozlowski

January 8, 2023

Amazon attended CES for the first time since the pandemic started. The company floated under the radar from all of the cool E INK products that were announced and all of wacky stuff that got most of the press. Amazon announced a number of new prototypes and products that will be available soon. This includes Ring Car Cam and Astro.

 

Bigme Galy Color E Ink Tablet Now Available on Indiegogo

Good eReader

By Sovan Mandal

January 7, 2023

Bigme announced the Galy color e-note device is now available on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. Prior to this, it was available via Kickstarter though that has come to an end. The company also revealed a total of 696 members have pledged more than 3.28 million Hong Kong Dollars or 3,288,056 HKD, to be specific on Kickstarter and is hoping for a similar kind of a response on Indiegogo as well, if not better. The Galy color E Ink digital note-taking device also makes a compelling choice for itself and that has a lot to do with the excellent 8-inch Gallery 3 display it comes with.

 

E Ink Interview: Low-Power Displays Are What the World Needs Right Now

Android Authority

By Mitja Rutnik

January 7, 2023

At CES 2023, we interviewed the Assistant Vice President of E Ink, Tim O’Malley. The company is well-known in the tech world and produces e-ink displays that are used in e-readers, laptops, wearables, phones, and many other products. Mr. O’Malley revealed a lot during the interview, including details about E Ink’s cooperation with BMW, its plans for expanding to other industries, and much more. You can read a brief overview of the interview below or check out the whole thing in the video above.

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Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist Combines the Best of OLED and Color E Ink

XDA Developers

By Rich Woods

January 7, 2023

Lenovo is no stranger to E Ink displays. The original ThinkBook Plus had an E Ink screen on the lid, as did its successor. Strangely, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 abandoned E Ink in favor of a secondary display on the keyboard deck, but now, it's back with the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist. We got to test it out at CES 2023, and we're huge fans, especially of the color E Ink display. Yes, you heard that right.

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BMW Launches Concept Car That Changes Into 32 Different Colours

DeZeen

By Rima Sabina Aouf

January 6, 2023

BMW has unveiled an updated version of its colour-changing car technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, expanding the concept from black and white to a full colour palette … Developed with technology company E Ink, the exterior of the car is divided up into 240 segments that can be individually controlled.

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MobiScribe Wave 7.8 eReader Comes With a Choice of E Ink Color or Greyscale Displays

Liliputing

By Brad Linder

January 6, 2023

The MobiScribe Wave is an eBook reader with a 7.8 inch, 1404 x 1872 pixel E Ink display, support for pressure-sensitive pen input, and an Android 12-based operating system. It also comes with two different display options: black and white or color.

 

The Best of CES 2023: Android Police’s Awards for the Big Tech Show

Android Police

By Ara Wagoner and James Peckham

January 6, 2023

Nature is healing. After two years of cancelations, virtual booths, and uneasiness amidst the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic, CES 2023 saw the world's biggest tech conference return to normal … Fossil offers almost every type of smartwatch, and the new Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition is designed for those who don’t want a big bright display on their wrist. It instead features an e-ink screen with a backlight. There are real mechanical hands that spin around to tell you the time, but in the middle, there’s an e-ink display that shares your latest stats.

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The Morning After: Lenovo Made an E Ink Tablet to Rival Amazon’s Scribe

Engadget

By Matt Smith

January 6, 2023

The CES conveyor belt of PCs doesn’t let up. Lenovo has been busy. Let’s start with its latest YogaBook, the dual-screen YogaBook 9i. Instead of folding like a conventional laptop, this… thing unfurls a screen atop another, with a slimline keyboard at the bottom … Then there’s the $400 Smart Paper tablet. An unashamed stab at rivaling Amazon’s Scribe e-ink tablet, there’s a screen to write and annotate on and a battery-less stylus you can holster in the case.

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Today at CES: Baby Wearables, Texts From Dogs and E Ink Cars

TechCrunch

By Devin Coldewey

January 5, 2023

It’s the first official day of CES and our team has already located dozens of the coolest new gadgets, features and weird concept cars that probably will never see the light of day … BMW isn’t even pretending its i Vision Dee is real. They hired Schwarzenegger to do the intro video, and the exterior can be customized with different colors of e-ink (all ugly). It also has some kind of crazy HUD.

 

Competitor

 

CES 2023: I Tried TCL’s NXTPAPER Pro 12 Tablet

Mashable

By Christianna Silva

January 7, 2023

TCL had a big year at CES 2023. They had their names on the back of your CES 2023 passes. They introduced us to the RayNeo X2, a pair of augmented reality smart glasses. They showed us their 40 Series smartphones, including TCL 40 R 5G, TCL 40 SE, and TCL 408. And they unveiled the new upgraded NXTPAPER technology in their TCL NXTPAPER 12 Pro tablet.

Similar Article: Screen Rant

 

Industry

 

Schools Sue Social Networks, Claim They “Exploit Neurophysiology” of Kids’ Brains

ArsTechnica

By Jon Brodkin

January 9, 2023

A lawsuit filed by Seattle Public Schools alleges that social media is one of the main causes of "a youth mental health crisis" and blames social media companies for "exploit[ing] the neurophysiology" of kids' brains. Arguing that social media companies are violating the state public nuisance law, the lawsuit seeks financial damages and other remedies from the owners of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube.

 

Wireless Power and the Retail Store of Tomorrow

RetailTouchPoints

By Cesar Johnston

January 9, 2023

Stores are getting smarter by the day, driven in part by the robust experiences witnessed by the majority of us who increased our online shopping during the past three years. Classic brick-and-mortar stores are seeking to recapture foot traffic by ramping up their investment into in-store technologies. Chief among these investments are internet-connected devices such as electronic shelf labels (ESLs) that digitally display pricing, smart tags that track inventory and movement of items and sensors that allow retailers to understand how customers are engaging with products.

 

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