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To those video fans and people who want to kill time in the public transport like subway, Onda VX560 is an exciting new device after the long time of usual track of portable players. It features a 7-inch super big screen which is the first in the field.

Onda VX560 can also function as a E-book Reader, while it can support more formats than general players. HTM and CHM are available. And PDF files are loaded through a independant app that the device includes. You see, in the picture, it is handed like a professional E-book Reader. You no longer have to read books in TXT format with the general players. read more »

Spring has finally released its new E-book Reader Alex eReader. But it comes after iPad’s arrival on April 3 that it must be overshadowed more or less. Despite that, we should not neglect that Alex eReader is also a distinctive device. Alex eReader features two functional screen that is different from the traditonal E-book Reader. The 6-inch screen on top, designed with E-ink technology, is used for reading, while the smaller one is a 3.5-inch touch-screen display that functions to stream video and surf the Web with the built-in Wi-Fi.

Now you know the same as iPad, Alex eReader also has Wi-Fi. But iPad is equipped with single task system that you can’t do any other thing when reading book. And Alex eReader allows you to look up the problems you come across in the reading with the operation on the LCD display, of course on which many other things could be done because it is independant from the E-ink display.

Spring says it will soon begin offering multi-language versions of Alex for countries speaking Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Korean, and Hebrew. It says Alex is the first E-book Reader to offer international versions of the product through its local country partners connecting to local bookstores.

However, Alex eReader is priced at $399. I’d rather spend $100 more on iPad that has more apps with the support of Apple. To those Apple fans, they will have no doubt to buy iPad, no matter how good Alex eReader is. That also shows our disadvantage that once we love one, we always don’t care his/her/its disadvantages. Anyway, we will…

Onda VX585HD could be the cheapest portable video player with the price at $59. When you get to learn about its features, you may find it is really the most worthy product you have ever seen. First, it is equipped with a big 4.3-inch screen, which is the most important feature to who want to enjoy clear videos on portable player. The 8G capacity may be enough for you, and besides there is an expansion slot that can support SD card with any capacity.

There is no need to introduce some functions that nearly all the players have, such as FM radio, E-book reader, and so on. I just want to introduce you some special that most of players lack of. Onda VX585HD supports wireless remote control and OTG. It also integrated HDMI 720P high-definition TV-out function and aberration component output. What we most concern is the experience. I think Onda VX585HD will not disappoint you.

According to the report, Steve Jobs announces that 450,000 units of iPad have been sold until today, with users downloading 600,000 e-books and 3.5 millions apps. In the Apple Store, 3,500 kinds of Apple Apps for iPad are for sale. Jobs also predicts that the quantity of kinds of Apple apps is going to be up to 185,000 and downloading will get up to 4 billions. Now iPad is aquiring high attention of media, more and more people are going to talk about iPad.

Unlike Apple’s previous breakout hits, the iPhone and iPod, the iPad is attempting to invent a set of consumer behaviors rather than solve an evident design or technology problem. People replaced their feature phones with iPhones, and their portable CD players with iPods. It’s difficult to see what the iPad is meant to replace.

Apple is variously positioning the iPad as a web browser, a multimedia device, an E-book Reader, a games console, and a platform for third-party apps, but the iPad cannot replace a smartphone or a notebook PC. Nevertheless, the user experience of the iPad, developed further into more capable devices, may indeed change expectations of personal computers (in the same way as the iPhone changed expectations of phones) without itself being the perfect embodiment of a portable computing ideal.

iPad has been widely concerned since its official release on April 3th, while another E-book Reader manufacturer Plastic Logic has decided to delay the release of its hotly anticipated Que E-book Reader until this summer. Que E-book Reader with 4GB of storage and no 3G connectivity is priced at $649, which is $20 higher than iPad with 16GB of storage, 3G connectvity as well as Wi-Fi. Now iPad is considered the most expensive E-book Reader in the market, how about Que E-book Reader in the future? If the Que E-book Reader is worth such price?

Que E-book Reader’s all-plastic design is unique because of company’s work on plastic transistors which rely on plastic instead of typical silicon chips. That means the Que E-book Reader will be much more lightweight and durable than other eBook competitors. One impressive difference is that it can withstand bending! The screen is 8.5 by 11 inches, and the device itself is less than a third of an ich thick.

Based on 10-year development cycle of Plastic Logic’s unique work on plastic, Que E-book Reader is expected to have kind of much great overall product experience, which is also a big reason that Plastic Logic announced such a big delay. Plastic Logic’s CEO Richard Archuleta said the delay was necessary.

Apple’ iPad was offically released on April 3rd. More than 15 iPad fans had waited at Apple flagship store located in the fifth Street in New York City since 4pm o’clock on April 2nd. Some analysts have predicted that until this weekend iPad will be sold up to 100,000 and it may get to 2,000,000 when September ends. You see, how popular iPad is going to be! So I doubt if iPad will replace E-book Reader in the future.

Apple’s iPad is expected to challenge Amazon’s Kindle as the dominant E-book Reader on the market, while it does a lot more than just read ebooks, including browsing the web, playing music and video, and games and apps. We can get that iPad funtions between smartphone and notebook. And compared with E-book Reader, iPad lacks kind of e-ink display. So we need to ask ourselves what we want. A multifunctional device? Or just a E-book Reader? We may be lured by iPad’s powful applications. But we should not neglect the price tag that comes to match.

Senior Analyst Jason from Motley Fool said it hurt eyes very much if reading books on the computer screen. That’s not what consumers hope, and so iPad could not be the Terminator to Kindle. I think to those Apple fans, iPad is an overwhelming product that devices like E-book Readers must give way to.

Onda VX575 boast its 1080P output with the price at $74 for 8G capacity. And with HDMI, you can connect it to your HDTV, then watch HD programs that are stored in Onda VX575. As the hottest star, Onda VX575 largely promotes the popularity of 1080P worldwide. Besides advantage in price, Onda VX575 also features other practical functions that are superior to rivals, including OTG connection, 5-inch LTPS HD screen, powful E-book reader, and FM. Meanwhile, Onda VX575 still support various video formats as other portable media player, such as RMVB, MKV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, FLV, MPG, VOB, MPE, DAT, and TS. Onda VX575 nearly contains all the main functions in the market. The stylish design is also a highpoint of Onda VX575. That is to say, Onda VX575 is a perfect model both inside and outside. If you want to have another media player, Onda VX575 could be a good choice for you.

If you don’t care to spend much money on E-book reader and just want to get one in hand immediately, you can neglect my previous article(When to Buy E-book Reader?), and I’d like to tell you something about how to buy E-book reader. You can buy it through on-line store or exclusive agency. Of course that is not the answer to that question. I just want to talk about some factors you need to notice when buying E-book reader.

Features: From touchscreens to LED backlights to the Read to Me feature on the Kindle 2, there are a lot of features that will help your eBook reader disappear so it’s just you and the text. Features like the touchscreen, screen size and type and the wireless capabilities were given more weight.

Content: Some of the eBook readers have hundreds of thousands of titles available from a dedicated service while others can support a few files found on the internet. We rated the number of content available for the device and how many different types of book files each device can support.

Value: We rated the price over the features set. Does the price really reflect the number of important features you are getting?

Tech Support: With every electronic device there is a potential for problems, or you may really spill your coffee on it. Before you purchase an eBook reader, know what kind of support you can expect.

The best eBook readers will have a good combination of each of these and will disappear as you read, just like a normal book would.

2010 may be a booming year that E-book Reader could be much popular in our common life. We must have no doubt E-book reader is a successful concept as MP3 player did the few year ago. But the expensive price has made most of us wait and see E-book reader for a long time. What I now want to recommend you is that you’d better not hurry to buy one but continue waiting.

More and more manufacturers have unveil their planning on competing in the E-book reader space. One of them even said they just spended two days to finish out a E-book reader. That is to say there is no high technology in E-book reader, which may be not completely right but we can expect price will go down.

By July, Acer, the number two supplier of PCs, will release an e-book reader with a 6-inch monochrome screen, that can go up against devices including the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc.’s Nook and Sony’s Reader. Several days ago, Apple announced their new iPad which is also a product that can be compared with Amazon’s Kindle lines.

As a consumer, I expect there is going to be a rat race among those manufacturers. And I deeply believe that we can get a E-book reader on our hands with a suitable price. If you are crying out for a E-book reader, I’d like to make a calculation for you. A E-book reader may cost you $350 at least, but until the end of this year, the lowest price may be down to $200. Well, you can save nearly $150, with which you can buy lots of books that you want, and I think you will not read out all of them. So if you have a big desire for a E-book reader, just buy some books you are eager to see right now.