* In February 2006, the Flemish daily De Tijd distributed an electronic version of the paper to select subscribers in a limited marketing study, using a pre-release version of the iRex iLiad. This was the first recorded application of electronic ink to newspaper publishing.
* In September 2007, the French daily Les Échos announced the official launch of an electronic version of the paper on a subscription basis. Two offers are available, combining a one year subscription and a reading device. One interesting point of the offer is the choice of a light (176g) reading device (adapted for Les Echos by Ganaxa) or the iRex iLiad. Two different processing platforms are used to deliver readable information of the daily, one based on the newly developed GPP electronic ink platform from Ganaxa, and the other one developed internally by Les Echos.
* Since January 2008, the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad is distributed for the iRex iLiad reader.
Displays embedded in smart cards
* Flexible display cards enable financial payment cardholders to generate a one-time password to reduce online banking and transaction fraud. Electronic paper could offer a flat and thin alternative to existing key fob tokens for data security. The world’s first ISO compliant smart card with an embedded display was developed by Innovative Card Technologies, www.incard.com and nCryptone in 2005. The cards used display technology from www.sipex.com and were manufactured by Nagra ID, www.nagraid.com.
Status displays
* Some devices, like USB flash drives, have used electronic paper to display status information, such as available storage space.
Mobile phones
* Motorola's low-cost mobile phone, the Motorola F3, also uses an alphanumeric black/white electrophoretic display.
* The Samsung Alias 2 mobile phone incorporates electronic ink from E Ink into the keypad, which allows the keypad to change character sets and orientation while in different display modes.
Other
Other proposed applications include digital photo frames and information boards.
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