THE CURRENT STATE OF E-INK TRITON COLOR EPAPER DISPLAYSlashGear's Chris Davies has a story with video on E Ink's Triton color epaper display, seen at IFA 2011. Click on the first image to get the large version.
While the colors are muted (the second image is from the video), this Pearl screen color display with a color filter layer overlaid could still work -- for books with color illustrations, photos, graphs -- on a lightweight e-reader used outside in the sun, a situation where it's difficult to see an image at all on a color LCD display. But, would a color device without the visual punch of current LCD color be feasible cost-wise? Wording in the article suggests it's still slow, as "faster versions that can support more fluid transitions are in the pipeline."
Here's a photo of the demo device alongside a Kindle 3. [Larger-image links corrected.]
SlashGear has quite a few photos of this and other e-Ink projects --flexible displays, etc.
E Ink earlier announced the joint development, with Epson, of a 300-dpi ePaper monochrome device, "with razor sharp text and images..."
Kindle 3's (UK: Kindle 3's) K3 Special ($114) K3-3G Special ($139) DX Graphite
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
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