schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1年前Kobo announces its first color e-readerswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1269arrow-down1external-linkKobo announces its first color e-readerswww.theverge.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1年前message-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1年前Only one company in the entire world makes e ink displays?
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1年前Yeah, E Ink is actually a brand. AFAIK there’s no one else producing suitable displays for ereaders at scale.
minus-squareflubba86@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21年前All the panels used by all Kindle, Nook, Kobo and Boox eReader models are made by Carta. There might be other companies that make those other kinds of small updatable eink displays used in stores, or the tiny ones on microcontrollers.
Only one company in the entire world makes e ink displays?
Yeah, E Ink is actually a brand. AFAIK there’s no one else producing suitable displays for ereaders at scale.
All the panels used by all Kindle, Nook, Kobo and Boox eReader models are made by Carta.
There might be other companies that make those other kinds of small updatable eink displays used in stores, or the tiny ones on microcontrollers.