"We're trying to break the rules." That is how Michael McCreary, Vice President of Research and Advanced Development at E Ink Corp., describes the Polymer Vision Readius, which will be the first reliable flexible-display device to enter the marketplace when it launches in 2009. Polymer Vision has partnered with E Ink in the development of the Readius, which will initially serve as an e-reader device, but one that clearly will be unlike any that has preceded it. Certainly, attendees at Display Week 2008 can testify to the ground-breaking nature of the Readius. Polymer Vision showcased various prototypes of its reliable flexible display there, and it quickly became one of the most talked about demonstrations at Display Week. Audible gasps were heard as the electrophoretic screen unspooled from its case, reaching a diagonal width of nearly 5 in. The image on the screen refreshed several times, and then the screen disappeared back into its packaging.
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