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Brother Japan is going to release an interesting electronic document reader that they want to refer to as a “document viewer”. They are targeting business consumers -

situations like factories, offices or by sales-persons who typically need to access and refer to manuals and other data during their working day.

The key details about Brother’s SV-100B are (courtesy the Brother Product Page translated via Google) -

1. 9.7″ screen.  
2. Available June 1.
3. Will retail for approximately $1,500. 
4. Security features - four-digit PIN code, and AES 128-bit encryption.
5. 1,200 x 825 resolution. 150 dpi.
6. Lots of reports that it is an eInk screen and 1 report that its actually not eInk and some form of LCD screen. LCD and 83 hours of use on one charge don’t mesh so I’m going with eInk.
7. Only 4 shades of gray.
8. Dimensions: 202.8 millimeters long, 139.4 mm wide and 15.5 mm thick.

Readable in Direct Sunlight

And here are more details from the translated page  -

Features:
1. Thickness only 15.5mm, and weighing about 600g, in addition to the slim size and light weight, about 83 hours of continuous use.
2. A4 size sheets 10,000 minutes. 2GB microSD. Power ON the waiting time to be available from 5 seconds.Organize documents / management, product comes with the SV-Manager easily.
3. Easy to see 9.7-inch large screen display. 150dpi. The reflective display so complete, it is viewed under direct sunlight, you can ensure high visibility indoors or not.
4. → paper by switching to the viewer, and reduce environmental impact! If the paper book, is the power consumption of large amounts of paper and each update to get the minimum power consumption of the data you need to modify viewer, CO 2 emissions linked to the suppression, environmental impact reduced.
5.Shut the leak of information in high security The saved data can be encrypted, microSD TM can prevent the flow of information even if you lose the card.The PIN code lock function, you can restrict the user.
6. Cell phone / PDA viewing of large data Bluetooth®Bluetooth ® phone function / PDA data, the SV-100B wireless communication can be viewed on the big screen.

Connect to your cellphone via Bluetooth

Finally, According to iStockAnalyst (a sign of the times that a website named iStockAnalyst is reporting on Japanese eReaders) -

First-year domestic sales are projected at 5,000 units. The product is expected to hit the U.S. market later this year, according to the company. ”We intend to roll out a version for ordinary consumers in the future,” a company spokesperson said

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