E Ink Holdings says that it expects its electronics shelf label (ESL) display shipments in 2019 to grow 20-30% compared to 2018 - much lower than its previous estimates, due to the US-China trade war and a slowing macro economy.
E Ink Holdings is confident that its business will continue to be strong in 2019. Demand for e-readers will remain weak in H1 2019, which will result in a single-digit drop in total revenues.
Barnes & Noble NOOK GlowLight Plus is the company's 2019 e-reader that features a large 7.8" E Ink display, front lighting (B&N's glowlight tech) and has 8GB of memory and is water proof.
The NOOK GlowLight Plus will start shipping by the end of May 2019 for $199.99.
E Ink Holdings started to produce 26" color ACeP (Advanced Color E-Paper) displays. The display supports a refresh rate that is lower than 3 seconds (similar to EIH's first 13" ACeP display).
ACeP displays look excellent - personally I was very impressed with the displays.
Xiaomi's iReader A6 is an E Ink e-reader that features a 6" 1448x1072 (300 PPI) Carta HD display, color-shifting front lighting, a 1Ghz IMX6 Solo Lite chipset and 8GB of internal memory. The linux-based A6 is waterproof supports several e-book formats, including MOBI, PDF, EPUB and more.
The iReader A6 is now on sale in China for ¥998 (around $145 USD).
E Ink announced a new product, E Ink JustTint which are variable transmission light control film - or films that can control whether light goes through them or not.
E Ink says that the new films are bi-stable (and so do not require any energy, only for changes) and can be used for windows, sunroofs, skylights and more.
Dasung's third-generation 13.3" E Ink secondary monitor features a 2200x1650 touch enabled E Ink display and front-light. The e-paper monitor connects to your computer with HDMI.
The Paperlike HD-FT was successfully crowdfunded on Indiegogo, and is now shipping globally (at Amazon.com you can buy it for $1,259).
The EeWrite E-Pad is an Android (8.0) tablet that features a 10.3" 1872 x 1404 (227 PPI) E Ink Mobius (flexible) display with front-light and touch support, a 10-Core Helio X20 processor, support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 4G communication and 32 GB of storage + TF card support.
The E-Pad successfully raised over $400,000 on kickstarter, and will hopefully start shipping in August 2019. The current early-bird price is $495.