BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--E Ink® Holdings, "E Ink" (8069.TW), a digital signage and display visionary, today announced the upcoming release of E Ink Fina™, a new thin and lightweight electronic paper display (EPD) technology. Fina will be the first EPD that will go into mass production for small to large format digital paper products based on a thin glass Thin Film Transistor (TFT) technology. In conjunction, today PocketBook also announced PocketBook CAD Reader – the first Fina ePaper Android device designed specifically for displaying drawings generated with Autocad® from Autodesk®.
Fina is a glass based TFT technology that uses a very thin glass substrate to deliver products that are much lighter and thinner than what is possible with standard LCD displays. Fina displays weigh less than 50% of the weight of an equivalent glass based TFT and are less than 50% of the thickness as well. This is particularly important for mobile products requiring larger display areas. A 13.3” Fina display module, installed in the PocketBook CAD Reader, weighs approximately 60 grams.
In addition to the innovative display, PocketBook CAD Reader uses a powerful 1GHz dual-core CPU running Android 4.0.4 with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage making it very responsive with a large capacity for storing designs. With built-in Wi-Fi and 3G modules, large 8000 mAh battery and pre-installed CAD-applications it is tailored to the needs of the mobile user. PocketBook CAD Reader holds the plans for up to 200 construction projects which can be edited and shared through the collaboration workspace. The built-in touch screen and precise Wacom digitizer support both touch and a stylus for fine detail work.
“Our goal was to develop a device to be used on construction sites. We created a highly portable large format display device with a weatherproof case that could hold all the CAD drawings a team needs. This makes designs available virtually any place and any time,” said Dmitriy Shemet, head of research and development at PocketBook. “We chose the E Ink Fina 13.3 inch display because it has exactly the right properties we were looking for to develop PocketBook CAD Reader. The PocketBook CAD Reader delivers a new user experience for architects and specialists in construction trades allowing them to work on site.”
Fina EPD modules are ideal for products such as PocketBook CAD Reader which require a large display surface and need to be very light for portability. In addition to being thin and light, Fina EPDs deliver the same energy efficiency and daylight readability of all E Ink displays. The energy efficiency further reduces weight of end products by requiring a much smaller battery.
“Fina adds to E Ink’s portfolio of innovative display products which enable unique consumer and engineering products,” said Giovanni Mancini, director of product management for E Ink Holdings. “The extremely low power requirements, thinness, lightweight and readability under all lighting conditions truly enable design engineers to display information where they never thought possible before.”
You can see the PocketBook CAD Reader product using the E Ink Fina display on the 5th of December at the Autodesk University software conference being held in Las Vegas, NV. Learn more about Fina display by filling out the contact sales page at http://www.eink.com/contact_sales.html.
About E Ink Holdings
Founded in 1992 by Taiwan's leading
papermaking and printing group YFY (1907.TW), E Ink Holdings Inc.
(8069.TW) is the pioneer of TFT and ePaper business in Taiwan. Its
corporate philosophy aims to deliver revolutionary products, user
experiences and environmental benefits through advanced technology
development. This vision has led to its continuous investments in the
field of ePaper display as well as its 2008 acquisition of Hydis
Technologies, manufacturer of the world's best wide viewing angle LCDs,
and its 2009 acquisition of E Ink Corporation, the worldwide leader in
ePaper. Listed in Taiwan's GreTai Securities Market and the Luxembourg
market, E Ink Holdings is now the world's largest supplier of displays
to the eReader market. For corporate information, please visit www.einkgroup.com
; for EPD information, please visit www.eink.com
/ tw.eink.com; and for FFS information, please visit www.hydis.com.
About PocketBook
PocketBook is the 4th largest global
manufacturer of premium e-readers based on E Ink technology, as well as
the producer of Android-based tablets. The company was founded in 2007
and its headquarters are located in Lugano (Switzerland). PocketBook
products are sold in 28 countries worldwide with over 2 million
PocketBook devices sold to date. With its mix of quality hardware,
unique software and ergonomic product design, PocketBook products are
tailored for the premium e-readers market segment. More information at
pocketbook-int.com
