Engadget and Zol report on the really interesting Cube eReader. It’s so interesting it might not exist (they have a pretty girl on the poster instead of the eReader – apparently she comes with in-built WiFi).
Cube eReader – the details
Let’s first trapeze through Engadget’s description of the Cube eReader’s features (with some details from Zol thrown in) -
- 6″ eInk screen.
- WiFi.
- Windows Mobile 6.5 Operating System.
- Capacitive touchscreen – just like the iPhone.
- VoIP capability, browser, email support and more.
- Priced at 999 Yuan ($149).
- Remote server synchronization update.
A commenter, UMPCman, points out that there are lots of great reading software for WinMo -
Because there are a number of excellent platforms for book reading on WinMo
-uBook
-Adobe Reader Mobile (the little known version 2.5 is excellent!)
-Microsoft Reader
-Mobipocket
-probably others I’ve not used enough to remember.
It’s a valid point. Both Adobe Reader and Microsoft Reader are pretty good.
Zol and Google Translate tell us more about Cube
Google has been working on a BabelFish Phone that translates speech in real-time.
Let’s hope it’s nothing like this -
This configuration of products in the market generally 3000-4000 yuan, but only 999 per, so that the total number of old e-book vendors misfiring.
CUBE electronic products, profits as a terminator, its strong exposure to Many users were waiting.
IPHONE used in capacitive touch screen, so that many users see a more beautiful look.
If Cube eReader ‘profits as a terminator’ it has my vote as the coolest eReader ever.
A little on Cube
Cube is apparently a company that manufactured the Artifact C30 High Fidelity system in collaboration with ‘the world’s most famous audio processing company’ BBE Corp.
They then decided to design an eReader that ‘intended to be shocking’ (again a translation).
Hey, if Bridgestone can design an eReader, so can we.
Everyone wants to release an eReader
The new craze among technology companies all over the world is to release a generic eReader and to make it virtually indistinguishable from every other eReader.
Koobe JinYong Reader with Neonode Touch technology
Neonode and Koobe are combining for a 6″ eReader -
- Neonode’s zForce eBook touchscreen technology with smooth finger input and multi-touch support.
- zFoce supports high-resolution pen input, multi-finger touch control, and zoom-in gestures.
- ARM processor.
- 6″ eInk screen.
- It’ll be sold mainly in the traditional chinese language market.
- Will be available in major book stores and via major retail channels.
- Supports lots of formats – PDF, ePub, html, txt. Also JPG, BMP, and PNG.
Neonode sound like an interesting company - they say their zForce screens are being integrated into mobile phones, mobile internet devices, ebook readers, and Tablet PCs.
Yinlips eReader
Engadget again - this time reporting on a 6″ touchscreen eReader from Yinlips with a FM radio with recording functions and 20 hours battery life.
The design is a rip-off of the iPad – down to the one single home button and the over-sized bezel around the screen.
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