Polymer Vision and Telecom Italia have announced plans to introduce the confusingly-named “Cellular-Book,” which—thought not offering phone features—will be the first device to feature a rollable display on personal portable device intended for digital content distribution. Unfurled, the rollable display measures five inches across and, the company claims, is as readable as a printed page in broad daylight. The display uses an electronic ink technology (apparently from E-Ink) on a flexible plastic substrate
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Is That A Rollable Display In Your Pocket?
In a news release today, Philips said they are getting closer to being able to produce “rollable displays.” The displays combine active-matrix polymer driving electronics with a reflective “electronic ink” front plane on an extremely thin sheet of plastic. Philips publishes the current status of its technology in the February 1 issue of the scientific magazine Nature Materials.
From the Philips press release:

