Other e-reader vendors have been splashing into the color market. Liu said that selling the device in the U.S. Offering Wi-Fi and 3G connections, the Hanvon color e-reader will sell in China for a starting price of around $440, according to The New York Times. 'Triton will compliment our monochrome product line to enable new markets.' 'E Ink Triton is a response to market need for a color ePaper display that mimics the printed paper experience,' E Ink Chairman Scott Liu said in a statment. The text and color graphics are also designed to be fully viewable in direct sunlight and are maintained on the screen, even when the device power is turned off.Į Ink is touting the speed of its new electronic paper, claiming that displays made with Triton can perform up to 20 percent faster than ones made with older e-ink technology. Screens using the new Triton e-ink can display thousands of colors, as well as 16 levels of gray scale, according to E Ink. The new e-paper is being geared to show off a variety of applications and content, including charts, graphs, maps, photos, comics and, of course, advertisements. With E Ink Triton technology, Hanvon is enabled to release the world's first color e-book reader today.' 'E Ink has the right technology, manufacturing capability, and know-how to transition Hanvon's product vision into reality.

'E Ink Triton marks a major milestone in the e-book revolution,' Hanvon's Chairman Liu Yingjian said in a statement. The new technology will make its debut with a color e-book reader set to be released in China next March by Chinese e-reader vendor Hanvon, an E Ink representative told CNET. Hanvon's upcoming color e-reader will use new display technology from E Ink.ĭisplay maker E Ink announced today the release of its new color e-paper, called E Ink Triton, which will offer e-book makers a way to add color to their e-ink devices. E-book readers that use e-ink are getting a splash of color, courtesy of a new e-paper technology.

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