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2020 is soon over - and many in the world are really happy about that and hope that 2021 will bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. The entire world was effected, including the ePaper industry, although we also saw high demand for devices that support work-from-home and study-from-home, such as e-notebooks and e-readers.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on E-Ink-Info in 2020, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. ePaper displays in 2020 - a market snapshot (May 16)
2. Hisense to ship a color E Ink smartphone later in 2020 (Jan 12)
3. How Dasung's E Ink monitor assists a Syndome Triple-A patient (Mar 20)
4. Ynvisible and NXN launches new electrochromic ink colors (Mar 27)
5. E Ink's color e-paper display production lines are running at full capacity (Jun 22)
6. Hisense's E Ink smartphones, the A5 and A6 are now shipping (Jan 28)
7. Introducing The MicroLED Handbook (Jan 16)
8. EIH expects an increase in revenues as demand for e-readers and ESLs increase (Mar 31)
9. EIH: the Coronavirus outbreak increases demand for e-notebooks displays (Mar 4)
10. Printed Electrochromics boldly goes where no display has gone before (Apr 1)

Jeremie Rousseau, from France, suffers from a genetic disease called Syndome Triple-A, a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder. There are several symptoms that result from this disorder - and one of these is alacrima - the inability to produce enough tears. Jeremie finds it very difficult to work with computer monitors - even after following his Doctor's advice to decrease the contrast and brightness of his LCD display.

Jeremie was looking for solutions that will enable him to work for longer times in front of a monitor, and he found a good solution with Dasung's Paperlike E Ink monitors. Jeremie finds that he can work for many hours in front of the E Ink monitors - used to read, write e-mails and read long PDF files.

2019 is soon over - and it's nice to reflect back to the year we had experienced. The focus of the e-paper industry continues to shift from e-readers to more diverse applications including signage and retail applications, even though the e-reader continues to be a successful and stable market.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on E-Ink-Info in 2019, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. E Ink Holdings and partners to enter the global medical display market (Mar 26)
2. E Ink Holdings reports a 25.5% increase in net profits in 2018 (Mar 29)
3. Papercast announces new E Ink displays with a fast 7.5 fps refresh rate (Apr 23)
4. Video shows Hisense' latest A5 and A6 E Ink smartphones (Sep 12)
5. Tianma to develop TFTs and modules for CLEARink color tablet e-paper displays (Feb 27)
6. Lenovo starts shipping its Yoga Book C930 with the E Ink keyboard (Jan 22)
7. E Ink shelf label displays in Seoul - a short report (Mar 13)
8. Avalue launches its E Ink healthcare solutions suite (Apr 19)
9. Lenovo invests in CLEARink, to jointly develop e-paper tablets (Jan 17)
10. Yotaphone, the maker of the dual-screen OLED and E Ink smartphone is bankcrupt (Apr 20)

Here's hoping for more progress - and a bright and exciting 2020!

In July 2019, Dasung started shipping its third-generation E Ink secondary monitor, the Paperlike HD-FT. This e-paper monitor is based on a 13.3" 2200x1650 touch display with a front light. Dasung was kind enough to send us a unit for this review.

The Paperlike HD-FT is a surprisingly slick and lightweight monitor. It's like a large tablet or a large e-reader, but one that connects to your computer via a single cable that requires two connectors - USB for power and HDMI for data. The monitor than acts like a regular 2nd monitor.