Tag: FLEPIA

The race for color e-book readers is on, but U.S. consumers hoping to get their hands a technicolor tech-tome may still have to wait. Fujitsu only offers its color Flepia e-book in Japan and, according to Wired, everyone else is (at least) six months away. Color display prototypes have been hindered by a grab-bag of technical problems, like slow refresh rates, inadequate screen size, poor ...

After years of teasing -- FLEPia was first announced in April of 2007, and first proven in 2006 -- Fujitsu has at last released its color e-book (or e-paper mobile terminal, as they'd like you to call it) to the masses. Featuring an 8-inch XGA screen capable of displaying 260,000 colors, along with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and up to 4GB of storage via SD card, and measuring less than half an inch thick, ...