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Monday 20 December 2010
The e-book reader market: Q&A with E Ink chairman Scott Liu and Hanvon chairman Liu Yingjian (Part I)
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...
Friday 17 December 2010
Barnes & Noble to upgrade Nook Color e-book readers to tablet PCs
Barnes & Noble will upgrade its Nook Color e-book readers to support Android 2.2 OS in January 2011, allowing the book retailer to venture into the tablet PC market.
Thursday 16 December 2010
E Ink to set up subsidiary in China to develop e-book hardware
Small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings will invest US$6.61 million to set up a subsidiary in China to design and develop hardware...
Wednesday 15 December 2010
E Ink December revenues may exceed NT$3 billion
E-book reader panel shipments are expected to increase significantly in December due to seasonality and Sony's return in Japan, and revenues of Taiwan-based electrophoretic display...
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Worldwide sales of connected e-readers on track to reach 6.6 million units in 2010, says Gartner
Worldwide connected e-reader sales to end users are forecast to total 6.6 million units in 2010, up 79.8% from 2009 sales of 3.6 million units, according to research firm Gartner...
Tuesday 7 December 2010
China market: Hanvon to lower e-book reader prices by average of CNY500 a year, says report
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, has reached an initial economy-scale of over one million users in the China market and will keep reducing prices...
Friday 3 December 2010
Inventec to ship 1 million Nook Color e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010
Inventec is expected to ship over one million Nook Color touch-controlled e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010. The company is also expected to land orders for 6-7...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Netronix aims to ship over 700,000 e-book readers in 2010, 3-5 million units in 2011
Taiwan-based Netronix expects to ship over 700,000 e-book readers on an ODM basis in 2010 and 3-5 million units to ODM clients and for own-brand sale in 2011, according to company...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Hanwang color e-book reader to launch in 1Q11
Hanwang Technology will launch a color e-book reader using an EPD panel from E Ink Holdings (EIH) at the end of the first quarter of 2011, and will start e-book reader trails in junior...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Sharp to launch 2 new e-book readers
Sharp is scheduled to introduce 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch e-book readers adopting high-resolution TFT LCD panels on December 10, 2010 for the Japan market and priced at JPY39.800 (US$474)...
Monday 29 November 2010
E Ink monthly revenues to top NT$3 billion in November and December
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) expects monthly revenues in November and December to exceed NT$3 billion (US$98.37 million) on strong year-end...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Hanwang to maintain over 70% of China e-book reader market share in 2010
Hanwang Technology's e-book reader shipments are expected to exceed one million units in 2010, an increase of 150% from about 400,000 units in 2009, and the vendor is expected to...
Tuesday 16 November 2010
China market: Hanvon lowers e-book readers by 200-300 yuan on average
Hanvon Technology, currently the largest vendor of e-book readers in the China market, has lowered its retail prices by 200-300 yuan (US$30-45) on average, with the lowest price reaching...
Monday 15 November 2010
Delta cooperates with Kadokawa for e-book reader
Delta Electronics has announced its cooperation with Japan-based publisher Kadokawa and introduced an e-book reader for comic content using e-paper developed with Japan-based Bridg...
Thursday 11 November 2010
Hanvon color e-book reader to hit the market in February 2011
Hanvon will start selling its new 9.7-inch color e-book reader featuring E Ink Holding's latest color e-paper, Triton, in February 2011 with a selling price of 3,500 yuan (US$527.59)...