Mike Cane has the scoop on the Syntron Tablet that’s based on Android, has an 8.9″ screen and fits the description of reading tablet perfectly.
Take a look –
Things to Love about the Syntron Mirror Reading Tablet
- Mirror is a cool name.
- Multi-touch capacitive touch screen.
- They show a Vook – they call it a video book.
- They show a news article and a news video in a CoolIris style navigation interface.
- The size is great – 8.9″ is a very good size for reading.
- Color Screen.
- The user interface is very well done – gadgets, multiple windows and a lot more.
- Cover flow to browse books by cover.
- File Management and searching with menus.
The Syntron website is rather stark. It does disclose some interesting details -
- Jan 2010 release date for the Mirror.
- Syntron branched out of Sunlet International Limited in 2007.
- Its based in Hong Kong.
- The Mirror comes with Open Office and supports Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
- Syntron have a dolphin in their name and the Mirror’s tag line is ‘Reflecting the Truth’.
Thoughts on the Mirror Tablet Reader
It took me quite by surprise -
- The screen size works very well.
- Seeing the Video Book on it was the highlight. Vooks might have more of a future than we realize.
- The CoolIris style user interface is great. CoolIris do it for photos – a nice twist to do it for videos, articles and photos.
- The iPhone’s ‘one app at a time’ design philosophy means people now advertise ‘multiple windows’ – quite amusing.
There’s quite a stream of reading tablets and slates lined up for 2010.
Which leads to an interesting question -
Is 2010 going to be the year of the eReader or is 2010 going to be the year of the death of the eReader?
Filed under: kindle
The Mirror is very interesting to me. I sure has a lot of MAC look to it. MAC uses the cover view in several ways and in iTunes, i t’s cool.
Thanks for sharing the news.
However, I think Amazon is leaving the Kindle 1 crowd out in the cold. After all, WE put them on the map. They need to beef up things, like offers us a good trade-in and get to some color uses. However, I dearly love reading with my Kindle 1 and am very happy with it. after all, it IS for reading.
Thanks!
Ken
The Syntron Mirror is so cool that I could not wait to have one on hands. The functions are all I need for a netbook and I must prefer a Mirror with me out for trips then getting a stupid HP netbook.
By the way, the choice of a Android is much smarter than any PC-oriented computer / tablet.
Well… 2010 is definitely a year of Android.
So k0me,
You already have an Android. If yes, where and when did you get?
Thanks