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While e-ink has so far been used as a practical utilitarian alternative to LCDs, Hitachi has revealed that it can have artistic purposes as well with its new W61H cell phones. The new phones use e-ink overlays on their shells to display an array of designs, presenting a way to digitally personalize the phone’s exterior.

According to Newlaunches, the feature will be known as a “silhouette screen,” and will come with 95 patterns, from flowery organic designs to geometric patterns. The screens are apparently not capable of displaying actual information off the phone, such as text messages, so they will remain purely aesthetic for the time being.

Borrowing technology from its first LED-backlit ultraportable, the Portege R500, Toshiba released a new tablet PC on Monday that takes advantage of the same high-efficiency lighting solution. The M700 tablet uses LEDs to extend the run-time of a lightweight 4700mAh battery to over four hours, and improve screen readability in less-than-ideal lighting conditions.

Besides next-generation backlighting, the M700 also makes use of an advanced touch screen that can distinguish between fingers and styluses to make use of both, and ignore accidental touches by prioritizing input from the stylus whenever it is detected.