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iRiver has recently announced the availability of its latest eBook reader ‘Story‘ in Korea. Priced at 349,000 KRW (about $302), the device is equipped with an 8-inch 600 x 800 E-Ink display, a 2GB storage, a microSD/SDHC card slot, a USB 2.0 port, a comic book viewer and supports for PDF, EPUB, TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS and HWP eBook formats without requiring their conversion. [iRiver]
IWOOT has recently released a new eBook reader ‘Foxit eSlick’ for the UK market. Measuring 7.4-inch x 4.7-inch x 0.4-inch and weighing 6.4 ounces, this slim and and lightweight device sports a 6-inch 600 x 800 E-Ink display, a 512MB of internal memory, a 2GB SD memory card (included), an MP3 player, a headphone jack and supports both PDF and TXT file formats. Available in either white or black color option, the Foxit eSlick sells for £189 (about $314). [Product Page via Pocket-lint]
Here are several pictures of the upcoming Barnes and Noble e-Book reader. From these leaked pictures, we can see that the gadget will feature an e-ink screen as expected, but it will be monochrome only. This Amazon Kindle competitor will feature a multitouch display similar to the iPhone. Unfortunately, there is no further info about this gadget. Find out more pictures after the jump. More
iRex Technologies today unveiled the iRex DR800SG, an 8.1-inch touch-screen e-Book reader that has multi-mode 3G wireless capabilities to access its online bookstore. The gadget will also play nice with several other store formats including Fictionwise, LibreDigital and Newspaper Direct and the universal EPUB format. The iRex DR800SG is powered by a multi-standard Qualcomm Gobi chipset with a 2GB of internal memory to store your favorite titles. The iRex DR800SG with a leather cover will be available in October 2009 at select Best Buy locations for an MSRP of $399.99. [Press Release]
Sony has announced two new e-book readers this week in the form of the PRS-300 and PRS-600. The PRS-300 features a 5-inch LCD display with no audio output and no memory card slot. Weighing at only 220-grams, the gadget provides a 440MB of storage space. Meanwhile, the PRS-600 comes equipped with a 6-inch touchscreen display with audio output and an SD/MS memory card slot. This e-book reader weights at just 286-grams and has a 380MB of storage capacity. Pricing info is still unavailable. [TeleRead]
Good news for e-book lovers. Amazon has lowered the price of the 6-inch Kindle down to $299 (17%). This e-book reader features low power consumption E-ink display that allows the gadget to provides 30 hours of battery life. Its battery can fully recharge in just two hours. [Engadget]
Jointech today introduced the new JE100 e-book reader that features a 7-inch LCD touchscreen display, which means the device will require more juice than the regular e-ink display. Its 1,500mAh battery only provides between 3 to 6 hours of operation time. The JE100 has a 400MHz processor, a 128MB flash memory, a 64MB RAM, a couple of USB port, and an integrated speaker. No word on pricing yet. [Slashgear]
AUO has debuted its 6-inch touch function eBook reader that is powered by Sipix’s exclusive Microcup technology at Display Taiwan 2009. The eBook reader comes with 800 x 600 high-definition screens, 16 gray levels, high contrast ratio and high reflectance. The AUO eBook is an eco-friendly product with stable quality picture performance and only consumes power when updating images. No idea on its pricing details though. [FarEastGizmos]
Hearst Publishing has managed to develop a new e-Book reader with a larger and flexible screen. Hearst will sell this e-readers to publishers and receive a portion of the revenue. Stay tuned for more updates. [Gearlive]
It seems that Brother wants to play in e-Book reader market by releasing the SV-100B. Dubbed as a “Document Viewer”, the gadget comes equipped with a 9.7 inch display at 1,200 x 825 resolution (150dpi), can display up to 5000 pages, 83 hours of battery life, and a microSD slot. It comes with a 2GB microSB for storing up to 10,000 pages. The e-Book reader can be connected to a PC via Bluetooth. No info on pricing or availability so far. [Brother]
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