BeBook at CES apparently did not use working Liquavista display—but samples screens are around the bend
A BeBook at CES apparently didn’t use working Liquavista display tech. The screen seems to have been a mockup despite a report that we and other sites mentioned. I caught up with Liquavista about a skeptical item in MobileRead. The company’s Anthony Slack e-mailed me:
“This posting is largely correct. Liquavista is a display technology developer, and we had a number of monochrome and colour demos on our booth at CES. We had 3” handheld demos as well as 6.2” demos. The latter not being handheld. The demos are development samples, but the contributor below [actually MR] is mistaken in the release date. We aim to release system development samples to customers late Q1 this year. The 2011 forecast is for products retailing with our technology. We also showed a development platform in collaboration with TI. Please find YouTube link. I hope this clears up any misunderstandings.”
There’s always the possibility that BeBook somehow kidnapped a sample, unknown to Anthony Slack, but I doubt it. To my knowledge, BeBook hasn’t responded to my query.
The video you see is the one that the Liquavista e-mail mentioned.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
It’s good to get this cleared up. I also corrected my error over at MR.