Polymer Vision's Readius e-ink phone coming mid-2008 to Italy

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Feb 3rd 2008 at 8:03PM

It seemed obvious back in mid-December of last year that Polymer Vision wasn't going to nail its timetable for production versions of the 3G-equipped, e-ink wonder known as the Readius. Now word is that the company will have a commercial version of the phone / e-book reader available sometime in mid-2008 in Italy via Telecom Italia -- provided that everything goes according to its diabolical plans. If you'll recall, the device features a foldable, grayscale, 5-inch QVGA display, and boasts a slew of features, including HSDPA, a 400MHz ARM CPU, and a battery life up to "six times longer" than current mobile phones. We'll admit we're intrigued, but don't make us wait too long over here, okay?

Filed under: Handsets, HSDPA

Tags: 3g, e book, e ink, e-book, e-ink, EBook, EInk, hsdpa, polymer vision, PolymerVision, reader, readius, Telecom Italia, TelecomItalia

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dude @ Feb 3rd 2008 10:15PM

B&W goodness.

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Phil Wright @ Feb 6th 2008 1:44PM

Advancing optoelectronics technology is giving mobile device designers entirely new ways to incorporate high information content displays in very small form factors. Direct view displays in mobile handsets are always constrained by the surface area of the device. Stowable displays based on new flexible display technology offer one path to overcome this limitation. For more information about the Polymer Vision flexible display and it's application see http://wrtassoc.com/