Amazon may launch its first colour e-ink Kindle by the end the year. The Digitimes report suggests Amazon will use electronic paper displays (EPD) provided by E Ink Holdings (EIH) and multi-touch capacitive touch panels from TPK Holding instead of the infrared one used for the Kindle Touch.
To meet the target of a launch later this year, suppliers are expected to begin shipping the necessary compoents this month.
EIH will reportedly formally announce its colour EPD products in the near future.
A similar Digitimes report in February suggested that EIH was to begin supplying Amazon with the colour e-ink displays in March.
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