IT and Society: Hanvon first to adopt E Ink color e-paper display

Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, will become the first client adopting a color e-paper display developed by Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings (EIH). DigiTimes portal, with a reference to EIH chairman Scott Liu, reads that 9.68-inch color e-book readers will be launched in the China market in July.

Booming sales of tablet PCs have not impacted global demand for e-book readers, and both market segments are growing steadily fast, Scott Liu mentioned. He predicts that global shipments of e-paper display products in 2011 will double or even triple those of 2010.

In the near future the average production cost of e-paper displays will drop by 15-20% every year, approximately offsetting annual decrease of 15-20% in average selling price of e-book readers, Liu noted.