eReaders of CeBIT

Category: General News
Posted: March 15, 2010 01:47PM
Author: MrAlex

eReaders are becoming quite the fad recently – and with good reason, it saves on paper and it saves money because it costs so much less to buy an eBook than a real one, although there’s no need to worry – real books will probably never be replaced. At CeBIT 2010, there was a wide variety of eBook readers because as 2009 has shown, there is a demand for them and it’s quite large. Below I’ve compiled a list of eReaders soon to be available:

1Cross Tech MIDhybrid

1Cross Tech is a relatively unknown company – apparently the company claims to have released Linux based smartphones, but as I’m guessing, that didn’t really make it successful – although this just might:
•   6" eInk Page (Left)
•   3.2" HVGA Touchscreen LCD (Right)
•   QWERTY Keyboard
•   WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth
•   Accelerometer
•   VGA Webcam
•   Android 1.6 OS

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Asus DR-900

At CeBIT, ASUS displayed its 9" eReader:
•   9" 1024 x 768 Sipix Touchscreen Display
•   WiFi and 3G option
•   3.5mm Headphone Jack
•   10,000 Pages on a single charge
•   4GB Internal memory
•   Support for TXT, PDF, ePUB and MP3
It should weigh around the same 370g that it’s older sibling the DR-950 does and therefore it will be much lighter than the Kindles 536g.

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Gigabyte EB10

Gigabyte has become a very reputable company recently and its products have been gaining quality as well as trust around the world. We can expect that in its eReader. Final specifications haven’t been revealed yet, but this is what we have so far:
•   6" eInk 800x600 Display
•   667MHz Samsung ARM Processor
•   WiFi
•   Android 1.5

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Hanvon

Not much is known about its eReader yet, except that it will be coming in two distinct varieties – either with a 8" or 9" eInk screen.

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MSI Wind

There is no official name yet for MSI’s Wind Dual-Screen eReader, so we’ll just refer to it as the MSI Wind eReader for now. This is more of a concept than a production model, so specifications are very limited, but if demand for it is great enough we might just see it. Although more of a tablet PC than an eReader, it’s classified as one – for now.
•   Dual 10" Multi-Touch screens
•   Intel Atom Z
•   Windows 7 Home premium

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TrekStor e-Paper

TrekStor is also a newcomer to the eReader scene, but we can be expecting quite a nifty little gadget here, offering the basics, but with two or three variations that will just add more features. It is expected to be very affordable. The claim by the manufacturer is that this should sell for €1 in Germany. If that’s the case, this will sell like hotcakes!
•   6" Touchscreen 800x600 eInk display
•   Mini USB Port
•   DNPF, Epud, PDF, RTF and TXT Support
•   WiFi (Q2 Model)
•   3G (Q3 Model)

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