The leading eReader display manufacturer, E-Ink, says it will be supplying color electrophoretic displays (EPD) to customers for release in the fourth quarter of this year. Perhaps a color Kindle at Christmas???? E-Ink also expects, for 2011, that color devices will make up 10 percent of the eReader market.
There has been lots of rumors that manufacturers such as Fujitsu will introduce color eReaders before the end of the year, no delivery dates have been given. Still, rumors persist that E-Ink will be shipping color devices this year to resellers.
E-Ink is currently shipping two EPDs, a capacitive touch display and an electromagnetic display, and is seeing gross profits as high as 30 percent on its products. Given that, we could see lower eReader costs later this year, as well!
