LG and Philips just announced that they’ve created the first A4-sized sheet of color e-paper, a massive step forward in the future of portable reading matter and/or pornography. Trust me — the first color e-paper device will not be used to deliver an illustrated version of As I Lay Dying to the masses.

The sheet is completely flexible and uses power only to redraw the screen during a picture change. The 300 micrometer displays use a TFT on metal foil to ensure the matrix doesn’t crack yet remains pliable. When can we expect to see this next to the toilet? Give it about 5 years and someone — probably Sony — will come out with something actually usable.

LG.Philips LCD claims first flexible color A4-size e-paper [DigiTimes]