At SID 2008 in US, one of the companies that are demonstrating innovative display technologies is E Ink, flexible display manufacturer. It will present its new E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film featuring fast screen response and flexibility.

"This year eBooks grew dramatically while E Ink also broadened its range into new markets. We are showcasing six electronic readers plus products ranging from smartcards to watches and even key fobs as we put E Ink on every smart surface," said Russ Wilcox, President and CEO of E Ink. "You will also see new controller electronics for fast menus, pen input and typing; and a new plastic segmented display that is less than 0.4 millimeters thick. Compared to last year, it is striking to see the increased number and quality of flexible active matrix displays from E Ink's partners across the show."



The new E Ink controller developed together with Epson features animations, fast menus, typing, tablet screen size and increased gray scales, being integrated with one of the Wacom’s touch tablets and working with ePen input.
Companies will have the chance to obtain new electrophoretic displays to benefit from lower power, paper-thinness, sunlight readability, ruggedization and low EMI.



The existent E Ink displays are used in the following devices:
-The Phosphor E Ink Watch from ART TECHNOLOGY, also called the Ana-Digi Watch. It changes background color from white to black at the push of a button and has stylized analog, digital, as well as mixed ana-digi watch dials which can be changed according to the user’s preference.
Using E Ink electronic paper display technology the watch has a high contrast in any mode. In addition, it features photoluminescent hands in 3 styles: stainless steel, metal band, a cross-stitched, elegant black leather band, or a sporty, black polyurethane band. It measures 45 mm in diameter, 13 mm thickness and is water resistant at 5 ATM.
Prices are around $250 for such a watch.



- Lexar's Jumpdrive Mercury and Secure Plus II USB memory sticks like the 8GB JumpDrive Secure II Plus. This stick features a 10-bar capacity meter made of electronic paper, to show the available storage space even when unplugged from the PC. The Secure II is a software used for advanced data protection and the 256-bit AES encryption is made via a simple drag-and-drop of the files. The File Shredder software keeps personal data secure, and there is also a 30-day trial of Dmailer V7 software.
Lexar JumpDrive Secure II Plus is available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB versions, the latter having a price of $94.99.



- Motorola's MOTOFONE F3, a GSM Mobile Phone sporting a 34 x 43 mm E Ink display with very large character font size, and measuring 114 x 47 x 9 mm at 70 grams. It has no card slot, no 3G, no Bluetooth, no USB, no Infrared, no browser, no games, no camera, but just clock, alarm and Speakerphone functionality.



- Hitachi Mobile W61H mobile phone with E Ink display and 95 different patterns for the clamshell’s exterior, easy set at the touch of a button. It is available only in Asia.
- Delphi bidirectional automotive key fob;
- SmartDisplayer modules for Smart Card and OTP markets;
- e-Book products from iRex, Sony, Neolux, Amazon, Hanlin Jinke, Bookeen and others.