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Confirmed: Samsung bought Liquavista

January 18th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

Editor’s Note: Scroll down to the second update for the proof. I just got a tip yesterday that Samsung bought the screen tech development company Liquavista. They have not announced the sale, but I did find this job listing from 20 December (translated from Dutch): HR Manager Compagnon Partner EINDHOVEN HR Manager The position As [...]

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Liquavista announce first flexible electrowetting screen (video)

October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · video

Liquavista just sent me a copy of the press release for their latest screen demo. They’ve just gotten their new screen tech working on a flexible display. From the press release:

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Liquavista screen won’t be on the market until 2011

October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

By some lucky coincidence, I heard back from Liquavista on the same day that they posted this press release. The latest word on their new screen tech is that they expect to have it on several devices by Christmas 2011. So don’t let this press release get your hopes up. From the press release:

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Rumor: Samsung to use Liquavista screens

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors

This rumor came across my desk: Samsung is possible scenes for his new e-reader technology from the Dutch base Liquavista. The world’s largest display manufacturer, closed earlier this week collaboration with E Ink. Samsung indicated that the cost for E Inks screens become too high, but that his activities in the e-reader market will not [...]

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New demo video – Liquavista screens in daylight

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · liquavista, video

I’ve shown you the daylight abilities of Liquavista’s screen tech before, but I thought this was worth repeating. Charbax of Armdevices.net visited their Toulouse office and shot this 9 minute video. Note how the sunlight washes out the screen. via Armdevices.net

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Liquavista announces LiquavistaVivid – new display technology

May 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · liquavista, video

Liquavista today announced a new display platform named LiquavistaVivid.  It sounds a lot like Pizel Qi, actually. From the press release: Liquavista BV, today announced the launch of its next product platform LiquavistaVivid.  Bringing a level of performance unparalleled by other transflective displays, LiquavistaVivid is the ultimate, highly versatile, intelligent adaptive display; specifically developed to [...]

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Liquavista is courting telecoms

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, liquavista

+Plastic Electronics interviewed Guy Demuynck, CEO of Liquavista. Details are sparse, but they’re still interesting. Here are a couple excerpts: Guy Demuynck, CEO of Liquavista, explains: ‘We are in discussions with people from this area – telecoms and mobile providers. They are thinking about subscription models. ‘E-readers are offered as part of a package and [...]

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LiquaVista, Freescale announce partnership

May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

I hate it when companies put out press releases that rehash old information. That’s what this one is. We already knew that these 2 companies were working together, and that LiquaVista’s new dev kit uses a Freescale CPU. But there is one new detail. Liquavista’s new screen was supposed to be on the market by [...]

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Liquavista raises 7M €

April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

From the EETimes: Liquavista BV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) has announced that it has closed a Series D round of funding of 7 million euros (about $9.5 million). The company said the money would be used to accelerate the commercialization of its electrowetting display technology and its appearance in products in 2011.All of Liquavista’s existing investors [...]

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Liquavista Announces Dev Kits for New Screens

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

From the press release: Liquavista today announced the launch of System Development Kits aimed at enabling their core customers to work on developing products based on their innovative electrowetting display technology.  Available for both LiquavistaBright 6” mono and LiquavistaColor 6” color electrowetting displays, customers will be able to create applications and therefore products that benefit [...]

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