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The promise of bendable electronic paper displays for e-book readers is a lot closer at hand—at least for European consumers. Korean giant LG announced it has ramped up production of its 6-inch flexible plastic e-paper display components and expects them to be featured in consumer devices for Europe at the beginning of next month.
According to LG's press release, the display features a high-definition XGA (1024x768 pixel) set-up of black-and-white electronic ink. But the LG plastic e-paper display can bend at angles of up to 40 degrees without breaking. Its size (measuring just 0.7 millimeters thick) and weight (14 grams, less than 0.5 an ounce) could allow for extremely thin and light new e-book readers and other devices in Europe next month.
There's still no word on whether such bendable LG e-paper displays will make it to U.S. devices such as the Amazon Kindle or B&N Nook Simple Touch--two Recommended e-readers that scored well in our e-book reader Ratings for sharp displays and batteries that last for weeks on end.
Consumer Report testers would be interested to measure how such flexible e-ink displays would fare against current e-reader displays. In the meantime, will a light but bendable monochrome display impact your buying decision on e-readers?
LG unveils flexible plastic e-paper display, aims for European launch next month [Engadget]
—Paul Eng
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