Amazon launches 'Kindle color' with Dutch screen technology - Bright

Amazon takes Liquavista Dutch startup that makes an e-reader with color screen and video playback on Samsung.

Amazon is planning to provide a color display. an e-reader in its Kindle line for the first time The current Kindles have black and white eInk screens. The American company has the technology for a new type ereaderscherm with color now owned by the acquisition of the Eindhoven startup Liquavista, who still was bought by Samsung.

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Liquavista is an alternative to LCD, but Samsung took the disappointing result, especially compared with its own LCD panels for tablets. Amazon looks obviously still much to use in e-readers. “We are excited about the possibilities and look forward to working with Liquavista to develop this kind of screens,” said Amazon opposite The Digital Reader.

screens Liquavista combine using the technique “electrowetting”. multimedia advantages of LCD with pleasant readability of eInk screens Thereby be electrically charged ink drops and is not required. Backlight That creates a lot of energy-efficient screens. Competitors like Mirasol and PixelQi do something similar, but not yet broken.

Liquavista has prototype screens with color and video support, but the colors are well paler than LCD. It is possible to switch to a transflective mode, which is easier to read than those back-lighted. Reading work for long And then go back to a more LCD-like mode. For videos and websites Liquavista has also developed a bendable screen electrowetting. There are also prototypes of 9.7 and 20 inches.

Last year Liquavista still said that the first of its screens could go after much delay in the second half of 2013 in production, but that Amazon is still this year with a Kindle with Liquavista screen is not certain. Please read the explanation about party LCD alternatives in 2010 and watch the video report of Bright Night # 3 which Liquavista came to the word.