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Phosphor E Ink watch giveaway (part 2)
Yeah, we've got three Phosphor watches to giveaway this week -- one per day until tomorrow (that'd be Friday, which breaks down to two leather bands, one poly). No longer do you need to be an executive at E Ink Corp to get an electrophoretic display in your classy analog timepiece -- you just need to enter our contests (or pony up $250 of your own cash to guarantee it). Sexy hands-on shots below (which, ironically, do not really depict the watch on or even near our unworthy hands). Oh, and don't forget the rules. (Yeah, there are always rules.) Leave a comment below. How about you tell us what your current timepiece is? There's no wrong answer. You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) But you CAN try your luck at the other two watches, just know that you can't win twice. If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine. Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad. Winners will be chosen randomly. One winner per giveaway (as if that wasn't obvious). Each will receive a Phosphor watch ($250 US). Entries can be submitted until Thursday, December 27th, 11:59PM EDT. Good luck! Full rules can be found here. Just in case you missed yesterday's contest, here you go. %Gallery-12031%
Phosphor starts selling E Ink watches
You may remember that super rare E Ink watch we gave away a while back -- the company only handbuilt nine of 'em, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on one. Well, it looks like the club is about to get a little bigger: Phosphor is now selling two models of watch with the same E Ink display for $250, one with a leather band and one with a polyurethane band. Just like the originals, the watch can switch from white-on-black to black-on-white, and also displays the time, date, or just the E Ink logo on its face. Oh -- you know we're totally giving another one these away later on, so check back in a couple hours tomorrow for your chance to score one.
Samsung poised to introduce white LED-backlit displays
Samsung believes that by 2010, 30% of all LCD televisions will include LED backlights instead of the conventional flourescent used in most sets now. What's different from the LED units we've seen before is that Samsung wants to use white LEDs, with single diodes custom-coated to produce the same backlight previously requiring combinations of red, green, and blue bulbs. Samsung recently invested in Intematix, which produces custom phosphor coatings for LED bulbs to create uniform color -- required in a television to faithfully reproduce colors. Until recently costs have been higher for LED backlight units, keeping them relegated to higher-end models. Samsung claims the single bulb process reduces costs by 40%, but time will tell whether white-only LEDs are truly better or cheaper than tri-color LEDs, or if they are just the next "Reveal lightbulb" marketing gimmick.[Via I4U News]
