Short: With progress in performance and e-Ek technology, e-readers can repeat the spirit of reading a real book more than ever. Now, a company has taken inspiration from the smartphone that it is making the first foldable e-reader of the world to add only another element seen on its paper-based counterparts.
At first glance, Taiwan -based company ReadMoo’s Moink V looks like one of the initial prototypes of a folding phone. But it is actually an e-reader that can bend like Samsung’s Galaxy Z fold series and similar devices.
Opened, the Mooink V has an 8 -inch touchscreen based on the Gallery 3 display technique of E ink, which uses three color ink capsules that can produce more than 50,000 shades on 300ppi resolution, the Verge writes.
The weight of the e-reader is 225 grams, which features a body made of aluminum-magnesium alloy that ends with a silver metal paint. The company says that it is quite small to fit inside the pocket of a jeans. ReadMoo has not revealed the official dimensions, but it looks slightly smaller than the average paperback.
Mooink V can be almost flat-or open to a 90 degree angle, repeating the spirit of reading a printed book.
As is accompanied by foldable handset, thus worrying about the durability of a foldable e-reader. ReadMoo says it has been developing Mooink V for nine years to develop an electronic paper screen that can tolerate over 200,000 turns.
One of the problems with developing a bending e-reader is that the display technique they use is almost four times thick compared to the OLED panels found in the foldable phone, so Mooink V.
ReadMoo never said that when he expects to ship his device or how much it would cost. Keeping in mind the high prices of other foldables, generally high prices and effective glasses of Mooink V, it is expected to carry a premium price tag.
It will be interesting to see if other e-reader manufacturers start offering foldable devices. Amazon introduced his first color e-reader, $ 279 Kindle Colorsoft in October 2024, but there have been a lot of complaints from buyers on screen malaise issues.
