Large-size electronic reader will trigger a print media technology revolution

E Ink imaging technology is different from our day-to-day use, such as computers and mobile phones on the LCD screen, the technology without backlight principle will be able to achieve good results monochrome image. The electronic ink display with low energy consumption of energy conservation and environmental protection features, in addition the technology can also display the text in a bright or too dark environment easily identify the human eye. On the market today have several of the use of electronic ink display technology of e-products, including the launch of the Amazon Kindle e-book browser does Sony Corporation, and the eReader book browser does. It is learnt that the world-famous men's magazine "Esquire" will be in some of its contents page view the use of E Ink technology.

New York Times has reported that one called Plastic Logic of the British company released a new electronic newspaper reader, this is similar to Sony's eReader and the Amazon Kindle read the electronic display newspaper readers have not yet been official Officially named. The 11 inches long, 8.5 inches wide less than the thickness of the book "one newspaper." As the e-book using E Ink electronic ink imaging technology, the monochrome display quality will go far beyond the traditional newspaper. What is, E Ink Corporation to the New York Times revealed that he has the capability to produce in 2010 to display various colors of the e-reader displays. In addition, the touch-screen design enables users to enter text in the need to directly manipulate open the virtual keyboard touch. It is understood Plastic Logic's new products have a Sony eReader and the Amazon Kindle also read large display, the size is equivalent to the size of the general newspapers. Despite the size of the product is twice as much as Kindle, but the screen using a new type of plastic material rather than the traditional glass materials, and compared with a very thin Kindle portable.

Large-size screen allows the reader to read the pages and even full-page newspaper display. This digital information for transmission and display that will undoubtedly suffer from delays in save paper, reduce the cost of newspaper delivery of newspapers and printing costs of the media industry's future development for all. The New York Times reported statistics show that the newspaper printing costs and delivery costs accounted for the entire newspaper was the total cost of more than 65%. It is evident from this use of electronic ink technology of large-size electronic reader might really lead to the newspaper's print media mainly of a technical revolution.

The new company called Plastic Logic electronic newspaper readers to support wireless transmission technology, Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF format, and other documents directly, it can also browse newspapers, magazines and books. Kindle with the same wireless network connectivity makes the device in any place of a signal can be read real-time updates of electronic content. As for the reader but this is connected via WiFi hotspots network or through similar Kindle as the built-in cellular modem to the Internet is still unknown.

It is regrettable that the addition of wireless connectivity, Plastic Logic also did not reveal details such as specific products, functional characteristics, and the price of equipment provided by the newspaper name. The New York Times reports that, Plastic Logic's e-newspaper readers which will be officially listed early next year, the product will be all the answer in January 2009 at the CES.