E Ink to showcase high-volume, reliable production displays

SAN ANTONIO, USA: E Ink Corp., the leading developer and provider of ePaper, will show a wide variety of products in high-volume production using E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film at the SID Display Week 2009 International Symposium and Exhibition.

eBooks go mainstream
More than 1 million eBooks using E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film are in use today. The combination of low power and readability makes E Ink’s technology ideal for eBook applications and is helping eBooks reach the mainstream market.

The New York Times reviewed both the Amazon Kindle 2 and the Reader Digital Book PRS-700 from Sony in February and said the E Ink display in each is “extremely satisfying to read at long stretches.” Oprah Winfrey called the Amazon Kindle her "favorite new gadget" on her afternoon TV talk show last fall. Late night talk shows, prime time dramas and multiple other mainstream media are referring to eBooks as a common device.

E Ink will demonstrate many of these eBooks featuring E Ink displays at booth #681:
Cybook Gen 3 by Bookeen
Digital Reader 1000S by iRex
eSlick by Foxit
EZ Reader by AstakHandyBOOK N516 by Hanvon
Hanlin eReader V3 by Tianjin Jinke Electronics
Hanlin eReader V8 by Tianjin Jinke Electronics
iLiad 2nd Edition by iRex
Kindle 2 by Amazon
NUUT from Neolux
Reader Digital Book PRS-505 by Sony
Reader Digital Book PRS-700 by Sony
STAReBOOK STK-101 by Staretek

E Ink announces SURF segmented display brand
SURF displays are ultra-thin, rugged and flexible. They are ideal for consumer electronics, medical devices, PC-accessory, display smartcards, capacity indicators, electronic shelf labels, signage and communications applications.

The Alias 2 phone by Samsung, available from Verizon Wireless, was released in May. It is the first phone available in the US to feature a keypad using E Ink SURF displays. This ‘Magic Keypad’ switches between a QWERTY keyboard and standard numeric keypad, depending upon which way you open the dual-flip design. The Alias 2 is ideal for texting.

Esquire magazine created a cover using E Ink SURF displays for its October 2008 edition, creating another mainstream application for electronic ink. The hit TV show CSI New York created an episode based on the technology used in the magazine cover. Art Technology just released two new Phosphor wristwatches featuring E Ink SURF displays.

SURF displays use E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film, which makes all E Ink displays bistable, low-power and reliable. More than Over 15 million products have been shipped using E Ink SURF displays and are in use all over the world.

E Ink innovation
E Ink has a strong IP portfolio and was recently awarded its 150th US patent.

E Ink continues to innovate and improve its technology, demonstrating larger size displays, color, flexible substrates, and higher contrast inks. All these new technologies will help improve the user experience and will be on display at SID 2009. They will increase the number of applications that can take advantage of electronic ink’s benefits, including reduced power consumption and eyestrain. Larger displays and new technologies such as flex and color help fuel the burgeoning market for eBooks, eTextbooks and eNewspapers.

E Ink awards
In the past 60 days, E Ink has won Finetech Japan’s Grand Prize for Advanced Display of the Year 2009, Boston Business Journal’s Pacesetter award for one of the fastest growing companies in Massachusetts and SBANE’s (Smaller Business Association of New England) award for Innovation.