All Entries in the "ereader" Category

Samsung Slide-open eReader

Costing $400, this eReader from Samsung costs more than the cheapo netbooks, yet offers only one functionality.  It has a 6-inch touch screen grayscale display with the resolution of 600×800 and  comes with 2GB of storage space. Other specs include a microSD slot, Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth. Supported formats – PDF, TXT and ePUB.

Undoubtedly, it is a bit overpriced and Samsung is surely going to have tough time selling these eReaders.

Million-e 6-inch eReader

Here is an eReader from Million-E, a Shenzhen-based company that looks quite like an oversized iPhone. It is equipped with an touchscreen, 3G as-well-as Wireless LAN.

Here is a video of it (courtesy of armdevices.net)

Asus unveils DR-900 eReader

Asus is showing-off its first eReader, DR-900. It is equipped with a 9-inch monochrome SiPix-developed e-paper display and comes with 2/4GB storage. Asus claims that you will be squeeze-out battery life of ~10000 page turns. Weird way of mentioning its battery life for sure.

The DR-900 also sports built-in Wi-Fi and (optional) 3G radio.

Teclast K6 ebook reader

Teclast has added a new entry to its eBook range, K3. Sporting a price tag of ~$220, it has a 6-inch display and a numeric keypad.

Pricing information is not available at this point

Acer eReader launch postponed

Acer announced its eReader 6 days before the iPad’s launch. It was planned to hit the market by mid-year, but due to the huge buzz generated by the Apple iPad, several manufactures, including Acer have decided to postpone the launch of their eReaders

That said, Acer is pretty much determined to roll it out in the European market where eReaders are getting pretty popular.

Amazon’s eReader share to reduce drastically in coming years

An online analyst has predicted that in the coming five years, Amazon will have to share its eReader market with Apple and Google. Kindle has enjoyed good success so far, but Apple iPad is expected to give some tough competition to the Amazon’s eReader.

It would, however, be dumb to rule-out other eReader manufactures (Acer, Samsung, LG etc) which have also announced about their upcoming eReaders.

LG eReaders in the tunnel

Looks like the next big thing are going to be the eReaders – every computer vendor is now offering an eReader. LG, too is developing an eReader that will compete with the Apple’s iPad and Amazon Kindle.

There is no information on its specs, but LG says that they will be launching eReaders sometime this year

Cube eReader – Runs Windows Mobile 6.5

Cube, a Chinese company is soon going to unveil its first eBook reader and instead of showing us with some hot product, they are teasing us with a hot babe. This eBook reader is supposed to have 6-inch capacitive touchscreen and runs Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.

Other specs include Wi-Fi and web-browsing. Clearly, it has all the ingredients of a MID, but it will be sold as an eReader. Expected price is ~$150

Samsung E6 eReader

Samsung E6 is equipped with a 6-inch touchscreen display that sports 600×800 resolution. It comes with 2GB of storage, micro-SD and has built-in Wi-Fi module. The battery lasts about 2 weeks.

The touchscreen is resistive type. Samsung is retailing this touchscreen beauty for $399 which, if you ask us, is rather expensive. 

Sony pleased with its eReader sales

Sony claims that its eReaders are selling very well, Touch Edition being the most popular. At least that is what the Sony’s President thinks. Sony further stressed that they will continue to focus on readability and will continue to roll-out eReaders using eInk display.