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Technology
for eReaders
June, 2009
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ePaper Technologies
LCD
EPD
MEMS
EWD
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Happening, but how fast and when?
Source: InsightMedia 2009
Market growth limited by technology, not by
user need
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The User Interface is the ‘elephant in the
room’
State of the art electronic paper UI
Usability standards are
being set by real-time
animated UI designs
Real-time UI more
important than color UI
Ability to smooth scroll
vastly improves touch
interfaces
...and increases effective
size of screen!
State of the art animated UI
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become a local legend, and it was a
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Brave New World
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Harry Potter series
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Da Vinci Code
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Wuthering Heights
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– The Fellowship of the
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New World
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announced that he would shortly be
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of Species
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birthday
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brought back from his travels had now
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Life of Pi
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A more efficient light switch than LCD
water
coloured oil
hydrophobic
coating
transparent
electrode
pixel wall
white
substrate
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(Oil thickness and droplet
size not to scale! Oil film
typically 4µm thick,
across 160µm pixel)
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A more efficient light switch than LCD
water
coloured oil
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coating
transparent
electrode
pixel wall
white
substrate
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size not to scale! Oil film
typically 4µm thick,
across 160µm pixel)
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Beyond e-reader, going mainstream
Laptops, TVs
Display
Size
Netbooks
UMPC
Video
Color
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Lightweight
Larger Formats
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Smartphones
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Time
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Making A Difference!
Mass markets for eReaders
require breakthroughs in
usability, content
compatibility and cost
Yvonne…
Liquavista is the only
technology with the assets to
enable ultimate eReader
displays and to deliver these
breakthroughs
eReaders! It’s only the
beginning for Liquavista’s
unique display technology
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