The Wexler Flex One flexible e-reader is now shipping in china, and we’ve got the first video of this exciting new device. The reader uses LG’s flexible plastic based E Ink panel (6″, XGA 1024×768), and in fact the whole device is made from plastic and so can be bent – and is quite shatterproof (and very light). Here’s our friend Sri from E Ink demonstrating it at SID 2012:
We do not know the price of this device yet, but according to Sri the flexible E Ink panel itself is only about 10-15% more expensive than a glass based display. The major downsize is that the resolution and speed of a plastic-based display is not as good as a glass based one. I personally think this was one of the most exciting demonstrations at SID…
I would find a way to break that. It would have no idea how it happened… but it would break in my possession.