E-ink Technology Ushers The Era of e-Readers

Electronic ink technology is a big hit in this year’s CES and one of the pioneer companies in this new industry is E-Ink.  This company supplies the super-thin, high-quality screens of the majority of e-Readers in the market today like Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Sony’s Reader, Skiff Reader and the iLiad.  Motorola is the first mobile phone manufacturer to use E-Ink’s technology in its F3 mobile phone.  Electronic ink is made up of millions of tiny microcapsules filled with liquid dye and pigmented balls.  It is applied to an ultra-thin plastic sheet with an embedded microelectronics circuit.  This circuit is used to apply positive or negative charges to the microcapsules in order to come out with the desired images or text.  Electronic ink is predicted to radically change the way we read books and newspapers.  With books, this bold prediction is already happening with the introduction of e-Readers in the market.  And if indeed the technology is used in newspapers, huge amounts of ink and paper will be saved and this will be a big help to save the environment.

The Cheapest eReader: jetBook-Lite, jetblue.com

A gadget on the rise is an eBook reader with many appealing brands in various models out in the market. However, pricing constraints make this gadget unaffordable for consumers with most brands having a price tag of $250.

Now you might want to consider buying a new eBook reader costing $149.95. ECTACO has announced the release of jetBook-Lite dubbed as the cheapest eReader on the market. It may not be as sophisticated as its $250 counterparts but you can definitely live without 3G wireless connectivity and colored screens, don’t you?

For a $149.95 price tag, this device practically supports all formats including eReader DRM, ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, .txt, .pdf, .fb2, .jpg, .gif, .png, and .bmp. It is also capable of supporting books from Barnes & Noble. This eReader with a 5-inch screen has a built-in dictionary with several language settings. This gadget with an approximate 23-hours of run time is very promising indeed.