Posts Tagged ‘E-ink’

Alex eReader with two Screen for Reading and Surfing

Posted in E-book Readers on April 20th, 2010 by melody – 3 Comments

Alex-eReaderSpring 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…

Will iPad Replace E-book Reader?

Posted in E-book Readers on April 6th, 2010 by melody – 21 Comments

Will iPad Replace E-book Reader

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.

Entourage Edge Linking E-ink Display and LCD Screen

Posted in E-book Readers on March 22nd, 2010 by melody – 5 Comments

Entourage Edge

A unique feature that Entourage Edge has is linking E-ink dispay and LCD screen. Both of them work well but with more complicated operations than a Netbook with the same price and dimensions. However, if you don’t care its weight as much as five Amazon Kindles and complication to operate, Entourage Edge is a feature-packed device that offers you experiences both as a Netbook and a E-book Reader that you usually see in the market.

Now look at the two side of the Entourage Edge. On the left, it is a touch-screen E-ink display that allows you to scribble notes, highlight text, and copy and paste selections. On the right, you have a Google Android-based tablet computer with Wi-Fi e-mail, Web Browser, Microsoft docs support, Webcam, dual USB ports, Multimedia Playback, and support for third-party apps.

Each of the two screens are outfitted with four buttons that control features specific to each panel. They can supply you with convenience to access to some user interfaces, but at first, you may be confused over the difference amongs those buttons. Nevertheless, it is sure that eventually that you’ll get familar with them.

Teclast K3 E-book Reader Cost only $220

Posted in E-book Readers on February 9th, 2010 by melody – 4 Comments

Teclast will release its E-book reader Teclast K3 which only cost $220. Teclast K3 utilizes E-ink screen technology to deliver an amazing, paper-like display that is more like ink on paper and fully readable in direct sunlight. Teclast K3 also features a large capacity of 4GB that can store up to 10 thousands e-books. It seemsĀ much cheaperĀ than those similar products.

Teclast K3Teclast K3

Teclast K3 is only 8.9mm thick, easy for you to carry and put it into your pocket. After one single battery charge, Teclast K3 can last up to 15 days without any operation, or 20 hours when continuously playing. 1000 continous pages turns are also available for your quantity reading.

Teclast K3 supports many widely used formats, including TXT, PDF, PDB, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTM, and SKT, as well as JPG and BMP two image formats. As for audio formats, there are MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, ACC and ogg.So there is no problem no matter you are reading books, caricature, or any other documents.