E Ink has introduced a 1.73-inch flexible display to its Mobius product line of flexible electronic paper display technology (EPD), mainly engineered for smartwatch and watch applications.
According to a press statement the first commercial product to use the 1.73-inch display is the Sonostar Smartwatch, announced this week at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Sonostar Smartwatch was jointly developed by Transmart Co. Ltd, which is E Ink’s subsidiary, and Sonostar.
The Taipei Computer Association chose the smartwatch as one of the ten major product highlights at Computex, which is running from yesterday until June 8.
“The joint development between Sonostar and Transmart is the perfect example of the how E Ink can help its customers get their product to market,” said Giovanni Mancini, director of product management for E Ink Holdings.
“E Ink displays enable unique products that capture the customer’s imagination. Our business development team has the expertise to help our customers design the displays into their products in ways never before thought possible.”
Some of the notable features of the Mobius display are a resolution of 320×240 pixels with 16 greyscale levels, flexible substrate, sunlight readability and low power usage.
