The “Real” iTablet Reveals Itself; e-Ink News no comments
While the press debates whether or not the iPad will make dedicated ereaders obsolete, the iPad is itself coming under increased pressure from newly announced tablets. The battlefields of the tablet wars are getting almost as crowded as those of the nearby ereader wars. Of course none of the other combatants has the Apple brand or the app store behind them, though one of them apparently does have the temerity to copy Apple’s naming conventions.
Electricpig has the goods on the iTablet by X2 Computing. This new iWannabe will run Windows 7 and come with a 250GB hard drive. It also comes with a few features that the iPad is famously missing such as a webcam and USB ports. The iTablet will come with screen sizes of 10.2 inches and 12.1 inches, and is a rather bulky 1.38 inches thick.
It is beginning to look as though any company capable of making a toaster will have either a tablet or an ereader to market by the end of the year.
e-Ink Expanding Production and Features in 2010
Meanwhile Prime View International, which makes e-Ink displays, doesn’t seem to be a believer in the prophesies of coming ereader obsolescence.
Digitimes reports that PVI is increasing its production capacity, which will enable the company to triple its output of e-ink, e-paper films and back-end modules by the end of the year.
PVI also plans to introduce flexible and color e-ink displays this year. Touchscreens and e-ink displays with a response time fast enough to support animation are also in the works.
PVI chairman Scott Liu is quoted as saying that he expects ereader shipments to possibly exceed 10 million units globally in 2010, with over 50 new vendors expected to launch ereaders this year.
