New Samsung E-Paper

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Post by JLaramie » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 12:40 PM UTC

Re: New Samsung E-Paper

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Post by stuartjmoore » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 4:47 PM UTC

I'd like to see e-paper used in places other than ebooks. Static, powerless displays could be really useful in so many areas: cell phone/computer notifications, wall calendars, daily reminders, or anything that changes less than 30 times a second.

Re: New Samsung E-Paper

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Post by JLaramie » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 5:40 PM UTC

stuartjmoore wrote: post #2

I'd like to see e-paper used in places other than ebooks. Static, powerless displays could be really useful in so many areas: cell phone/computer notifications, wall calendars, daily reminders, or anything that changes less than 30 times a second.

That's a great point, Stuart.

Re: New Samsung E-Paper

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Post by evgen » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 9:37 PM UTC

stuartjmoore wrote: post #2

I'd like to see e-paper used in places other than ebooks. Static, powerless displays could be really useful in so many areas: cell phone/computer notifications, wall calendars, daily reminders, or anything that changes less than 30 times a second.

E-books are perceived to be a large untapped market and every other display tech is basically a heaping helping of fail, so it is no wonder that this use case is in the driver's seat at the moment. OTOH, I think you are correct that in the long term we will probably see e-paper replacing a lot of displays that are currently poorly served by LED/LCD solutions. Batteries that can tell you the charge level before you stick them into something was one of the better examples of this I heard recently.

Re: New Samsung E-Paper

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Post by cdibona » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 11:54 PM UTC

stuartjmoore wrote: post #2

I'd like to see e-paper used in places other than ebooks. Static, powerless displays could be really useful in so many areas: cell phone/computer notifications, wall calendars, daily reminders, or anything that changes less than 30 times a second.

The E-Ink guys had a decent business in train station information displays. They would replace the old 'flip' and led style displays with cooler running e-ink.