This company has held back e-ink technology via patents. They refuse to talk to small/independent vendors, and try to squash anybody ordering components from abroad. Now, why does that matter? Cause the Chinese had 'full color eink' for years.
And there's eink phones AND tablets both. Reasonably priced. Yet we see none of that kind of innovation here... I guess we might in 5-7 years. If it's profitable.
Given their previous track record of rampant IP theft (from EU + Japan in addition to US), it's rather likely that these Chinese companies "developed" this technology through IP theft, rather than greenfield development.
That's also a contributing factor to their products being affordable - because they don't have any R&D costs to recoup, just those associated with espionage.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002467730675.html?algo_e...
And there's eink phones AND tablets both. Reasonably priced. Yet we see none of that kind of innovation here... I guess we might in 5-7 years. If it's profitable.