Use of blog in an organization

Use of blog

Apple company is using blogs to promote its new products such as apple laptops and mp3s. The company can post and update information about new products with links for details of the products so that it can give enough information to consumers before they buy the products. Moreover, consumers put comments about products that they've used, so the companies can get feedback and consider it for future products.

Many of companies use blogs because it is relatively cheap, sometimes even free, and it is very efficient for ads. Moreover, it is possible for companies to build a relationship with consumers through their comments, so the companies are able to know what is bad and what is good about their service and product from consumers. However, recently there are too many blogs to promote their service and product with inaccurate information so that it can make consumers confused and several bad comments on a particular product can give huge impact on conpany's sales and even depreciate a company's reputation. Besides, there are many rules and policies for organizations to follow, so they should pay more attention on blog to keep it legitimate.

References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

2. http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/

3. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type&sc=rss

Disadvantages of e-paper

Disadvantages of e-paper

One of disadvantages for electronic paper is that this is much expensive than normal papers. This is a main obstacle. For instance, Sony is selling PRS-505 portable Digital e-reader system for $273. Most of e-paper is over $200 currently and it is not worthwhile for everyone including organizations and customers to buy and use it unless it is on a special purpose. Another disadvantage of e-paper is that it still doesn’t have the same physical qualities of paper that makes paper so versatile. For example, it can’t be completely rolled up or folded so that it cannot be put in pockets as a normal paper. Moreover, it’s not practical to use this for disposable applications. For instance, news papaers are more attractive to commuters than e-paper. Although, e-paper is a new advanced technology with various features, it is not time for organizations in the paper industry to replace normal paper with e-paper to make news papers or magazines unless price of e-paper is as cheap as normal papers. Besides, organizations in manufacturing industry could use it to label for new products. Of course, it looks great to attract customers and could be well designed but once they lose or damage it, it costs a lot to buy and retore.

References:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HD4DQQB2Q

2. Electronic paper- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3. http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/sony-reader-digital-book/4505-3508_7-32672723.html

Advantages of e-paper

Advantages of e-paper

• Flexible, or at least bendable


• Cheap maybe not as cheap as paper, but easily affordable by everyone


• Bistable, once a display is written it will stay displayed even when power is switched off.


• Light weight, at most comparable to an equal sized sheet of card.


• Excellent ergonomic features, easy to hold, carry, and use.


• readable in any ambient light conditions.

Clearly, a great progress has been made in the field of e-paper since the invention of Gyricon. Companies such as E Ink, Sipix, and Polymervision, as well as such giants as Sony, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Philips, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Siemens, Epson, and many others, are continuing to develop e-paper technology. Xerox, in partnership with 3M, has created an e-paper called Gyricon and Lucent, in partnership with a company called E Ink, is working on a device, also called E Ink. Both of these technologies enable a black or other color and white display. Philips is working on a type of e-paper that will be full-color. Neither the Lucent/E Ink version nor the Gyricon version require a constant power source. The initial charge creates the display, which then remains fixed until another charge is applied to change it. Low power demand is an important advantage for a technology that is intended to supplant a power-independent, standalone application like paper. In fact, e-paper must be lightweight, flexible, glare-free, and affordable. The Gyricon-based electronic newspaper is expected to be available in the future.

Siemens developed wafer-thin color displays that can be printed onto paper or foil. They can be manufactured very inexpensively, compared to LCDs. Wafer-thin displays offer great market potential in the area of future advertising and information provision by means of interactive packaging. Color displays could in the future display information practically everywhere on cardboard foodstuff containers, drug boxes, or even admission tickets.

Potential advantage of e-paper technology is staggering. In addition to a new method for labelling foods and drugs, it could be used to label anything from shelves to office binders. One of the original uses of the Gyricon e-ink was in advertising and billboards. The bi-stable nature of the technology made the Gyricon a useful and cost-effective billboard technology. E-paper displays can also be used as low-power digital screens for a variety of electronic appliances, from microwaves to MP3 players.

References:
1. http://www2.parc.com/hsl/projects/gyricon/
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bkmPjVF-k
3. http://www.eink.com/

Replacement of technologies

Electronic paper substitutes for role of paper. e-paper is visible because it reflects light and is visible only if it is illuminated by an external source of light, exactly like an ordinary piece of paper. However, the difference between e-paper and normal paper is of course that the text and drawings displayed on e-paper can change exactly like the images on a computer screen or on a PDA screen. It will replace normal papers such as printed newspapers or magazines so that we will possibly reduce costs of printing papers. Moreover, the drawbacks of PDA devices is that their screen resolution isn't sufficiently large so reading large documents, such as e-books, is tiresome. However, the relatively new technology of electronic paper which will soon hit the market can provide a much better alternative. E-Ink Corporation developed a screen having the same resolution as that of printed pages which is also very light. Finally, E-paper GPS Laptop is designed to replace conventional maps and guides. the latest application of the flexible display is this GPS-equipped laptop specifically created with tourists in mind. Designed to replace all those messy conventional maps and guides, the e-paper laptop folds up like a book when not in use, but opens up to reveal any map, information, or photo that you need access to.

References:

1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ptr3T59UU0

2.Graham-Rowe (2007). "Electronic paper rewrites the rulebook for displays".

3.Remonen, T.; Kugler, T.; Berggren, M. "Active Matrix Displays Based on All-Organic Electrochemical Smart Pixels Printed on Paper

Definition of e-paper and what it does

Definition of e-paper and what it does

e-paper, which is also called as electronic paper, is a display technology that has all the attributes of paper but can be written to and erased electronically. E-paper is used for applications such as e-books, electronic papers, portable signs, and foldable, rollable displays. Information to be displayed is downloaded through a connection to a computer or a cell phone, or created with mechanical tools such as an electronic pencil. E-paper comprises two different parts. The first is electronic ink, sometimes referred to as the frontplane, and the second is the electronics required to generate the pattern of text and images on the e-ink page, called the backplane. Electronic paper thin like a paper book, an electronic device having made so as to be able to feel as it is feeling of paper like paper newspaper or paper magazines etc. and papers, and crumple freely, or to be able to fold.


References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper#References
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ptr3T59UU0&feature=related
3. http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci535038,00.html