Sony’s e-paper tablet is a great example of Weird Sony

Re:Sony’s e-paper tablet is a great example of Weird Sony by metaphor on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:44PM (#14080831)

>> eInk still costs far too much per unit area.

Any idea what those ballpark figures look like today?

The E ink product you linked is a dev kit targeting a niche market, not a general CE product manufactured in the millions and benefiting from economies of scale...I'm simply not seeing the relevance of the comparison.

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Re:Sony’s e-paper tablet is a great example of Weird Sony by Animats on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:55PM (#14080939)

eInk doesn't publicly release prices. It's a "contact sales" kind of business.

Visionect's 9.7" e-ink sign, which is their version of a digital picture frame, costs $400.[1] That's a product, not a development kit. A comparable LCD digital picture frame from WalMart costs $70. Color, too.

[1] https://www.visionect.com/product/visionect-sign-9-7/

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Re:Sony’s e-paper tablet is a great example of Weird Sony by Ursa83 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @09:54AM (#14087740)

Hi there, Ursa from Visionect here. Just a slight clarification: the 9.7 Sign is not a consumer product in the sense of a digital picture frame. Rather it is a sort-of development kit, a blank canvas device on which companies can develop their own products. So geared towards professional use. Plus, the battery lasts four months;)

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