Plastic Logic may have demonstrated a flexible color epaper display earlier this week, but don't expect to see it show up in an own-brand ereader; the company has confirmed it is quitting the market. "Plastic Logic will cease its e-reader product development activities and focus on other applications for its flexible plastic displays" the company said today, instead going on to "actively develop licensing and technology partnerships to exploit its e-reader related capabilities in terms of rugged, plastic displays as well as driver and viewing optimisation software."
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Plastic Logic quits ereaders and turns to tech licensing
Plastic Logic color flexible e-paper revealed
Plastic Logic has been running in quiet mode since their new funding and push for the education ereader market in 2011, but the company has a new color flexible e-paper panel with which to tease us this week. Using the same 10.7-inch plastic transistor technology as the company's previous monochrome panels, the new screen Plastic Logic has revealed can display 4,096 colors and runs at a comparatively low 75ppi.
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Plastic Logic 100 shatterproof ereader targets classrooms
Plastic Logic has announced its new ereader, the Plastic Logic 100, a 10.7-inch electronic textbook targeted at education applications. Using the same plastic-based epaper technology as originally intended for the cancelled QUE ereader, the Plastic Logic 100 measures a mere 7.65mm thick and weighs 475g, and has a capacitive touch-controlled 1280 x 960 display and a battery life of a week.
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Plastic Logic secures new funding; 2nd-gen factory due by 2014
Plastic Logic is in the midst of securing a second round of funding, expected to reach $700m, as the company plans to open its Russian manufacturing plant in 2013 or 2014. The news includes the original RUSNANO investment from November 2010 - now revealed to be worth $150m - as well as $50m from an existing investor. The money will be used to produce a second-gen plastic-based epaper display, which Plastic Logic says are currently being qualified in its original Dresden factory.
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Plastic Logic second-gen ereader gets new investment & Russian factory
Plastic Logic's QUE may be dead, but it's little surprise that the company's plastic electronics technology lives on. The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) has announced a "major" investment into the company, with the most significant outcome being a second manufacturing facility based in Russia.
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Plastic Logic Revising Its Product Strategy, Cancels QUE proReader
We heard at the end of June that Plastic Logic was canceling pre-orders of their QUE proReader, eReading device, while the product was delayed with no estimate of a launch date. Now, it seems that Plastic Logic has done what they've needed to do, and have decided that they are going to revise their product strategy, and retool their entire way of doing business. In the process, they are officially canceling the QUE product, and setting their sights on a second generation ProReader.
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Plastic Logic QUE proReader Delayed Again, Now Canceling Pre-Orders
The QUE proReader from Plastic Logic has a torrid past. With so many missed delivery dates and delays under their belt, we're not sure if anyone even has them in mind anymore. Today, Plastic Logic came back into the lime light for a minute, but not to talk any kind of good news, unfortunately. What's the deal now? Well, apparently they're pushing back the launch of the QUE proReader again. And, if you've got a pre-order, well. You probably don't anymore.
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Plastic Logic color e-paper headed for 2012 volume production
Plastic Logic's first product, the business-centric QUE ereader, isn't even in customers' hands yet, but the company are already talking about their follow-up. They reckon they'll have a manufacturable color e-ink display ready by the end of 2011, and headed into mass production in 2012. The panel will be based on technology the company already have "working at our Cambridge laboratory" according to Achim Neu at Plastic Logic.
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Plastic Logic QUE delay confirmed: arrives Summer 2010
As expected after this morning's report, Plastic Logic have officially confirmed that the launch of the QUE ebook reader will be delayed until Summer 2010. In an official statement from company CEO Richard Archuleta, the decision is described as "to fine-tune the features and enhance the overall product experience."
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QUE proReader delayed until summer
I am not typically one to pre-order products. I like to be able to just walk into a store, buy the thing, and take it home. One of the reasons I don’t like pre-orders is that you never really know when you will get the device until it actually ships. Such is the case with the geeks who pre-ordered the expensive QUE proReader a while back.
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Plastic Logic QUE hands-on
Plastic Logic‘s new QUE ereader raised some eyebrows at CES 2010 when the company announced their pricing: $649 for the WiFi-only 4GB model, rising to $799 for the WiFi/3G 8GB version is a whole lot of money when consumers are used to $259 Kindles and nooks. Still, when SlashGear caught up with the QUE earlier we found it a hard device not to like; check out our first-impressions and a hands-on video demo after the cut.
Plastic Logic QUE official: wireless downloads, truVue e-magazines
Plastic Logic have officially unveiled their QUE ereader, and as expected they're heavily pushing their innovative touchscreen technology and flexible plastic e-paper. In fact the QUE is not solely being positioned as an ebook reader; Plastic Logic have also given it email and calendar support, together with Outlook sync, and rather than clutter the all-plastic bezel with hardware controls the UI is 99-percent touch and gesture based.
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