InkCase Plus launched this month a shell E Ink for smartphones

The InkCase More is a case for having the particular smartphone to carry an E Ink screen. Once you incorporate the smartphone into this shell, you can use it as a flip case to protect it, and also couple the E Ink screen with your smartphone, so it can display the content when your main screen off.

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You can also use it as a standalone reading light.

Those responsible for InkCase Plus have managed to recover more than $ 200 000 during a campaign Kicsktarter conducted this summer, with a promise of delivery to the first devices in October. Well, we arrived in October, and it seems that things are moving in this shell. Indeed, the more InkCase just passed through the FCC.

While backers of the Kickstarter campaign were able to "reserve" a InkCase More for $ 79 dollars, it seems to be marketed at the same price once it is officially launched this month.

Gajah, the company behind the hull, plans to offer models designed to work with a specific ten smartphones Android, including Nexus 5 of Google, the Galaxy S5, S4 and S3 Samsung Galaxy Note or the 3 and the HTC One M7 and M8 One.

There is also a universal hull designed to work with most other smartphones . Although it is somewhat bulky, the fact to turn your smartphone into a digital reading light is not a trivial action.

The E Ink screen for the hull InkCase Plus has a size of 3.5 inches with a resolution of 600 x 360 pixels, offers different levels of gray . It is also visible in direct sunlight, without backlight. The screen low power uses only electricity when you refresh the page, and should offer a range of 5 days with its 400 mAh battery.

You can use a couple of Android applications to send content from your smartphone's screen hull InkCase Plus, including the EpiReader application to send books and pictures on it. There is also a InkCase Companion application that allows you to associate the hull with your smartphone via Bluetooth connectivity.

This can allow you to view notifications on the E Ink screen or even use InkCase More to answer calls.
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