Asian e-Readers Released in 2010
Brother's SV-70 Reader sheds SV-100B features
From Tablet-News.com, Jan 29th, 2010 Brother is an e-Reader brand you probably don’t know, since the company only launched its cool SV-100B “Document Reader” in Japan early last year.
A second model was recently announced, the Brother SV-70, packing the same 9.7 inch 1200 x 825 display as its predecessor. Once again, the 15.5mm thick device is most likely not meant for European and US release, sadly.
The Japanese product comes without Bluetooth 2.0+EDR support, that was present on the previous model and we also learn that is onboard memory has been halved. Brother SV-70 will be available for the equivalent of $1092, which is huge for the average user and huge again compared to the likes of Kindle.
ONN E-1 Reader likely for Chinese market only
From Engadget, Jan 1st, 2010 The e-reader onslaught continues, with Chinese company ONN (or Owen, if you will) outing its latest, the E-1 e-reader. Boasting a 5-inch E Ink screen, the making it smaller than its 6-inch rivals, the Kindle and Nook.
It also supports MP3, WMA and OGG formats. That’s about all the information we have on this reader for now, and we don’t know anything about pricing or release, either. We’d be surprised, albeit pleasantly, to see the E-1 released outside of China.
It also supports MP3, WMA and OGG formats. That’s about all the information we have on this reader for now, and we don’t know anything about pricing or release, either. We’d be surprised, albeit pleasantly, to see the E-1 released outside of China.
Copia's Ocean & Tidal e-Readers in six models
From PCWorld, Jan 9, 2010. DCM plans to unleash a bevy of e-reader options on the world by June. With six models under two names-the Ocean and the Tidal - DMC Copia e-readers cover a range of options from 3G to Wi-Fi, with keyboard and without, and of course, large-screen versus pocket. In talking with Copia, I was impressed by the company's commitment to the nascent e-reader market, which is underscored by the company's ambitious plans to launch six different models, ranging in price from $199 to $299.
Among e-readers, consumers will want choice, and not one size will fit all, literally-- there will be different things that excite different users. More notable, though, is the company's holistic approach to its e-readers. While the e-readers stayed under glass and couldn't be touched at CES, the designs looked promising. The e-readers are complemented by Copia.com, an e-commerce and social networking-driven site that will launch as the bookstore community for the Copia e-readers.
Among e-readers, consumers will want choice, and not one size will fit all, literally-- there will be different things that excite different users. More notable, though, is the company's holistic approach to its e-readers. While the e-readers stayed under glass and couldn't be touched at CES, the designs looked promising. The e-readers are complemented by Copia.com, an e-commerce and social networking-driven site that will launch as the bookstore community for the Copia e-readers.
The Teclast K3 E-Ink Reader
From Geeksology, Jan 14, 2010 Teclast is a Chinese manufacturer, that is also trying to follow the trend of releasing generic e-Readers, is going to release a new reader K3.
Its main features are going to be “Text to Speech” function and MP3/MP4 media playing. There aren’t price or release date for this 6-inch device yet
Its main features are going to be “Text to Speech” function and MP3/MP4 media playing. There aren’t price or release date for this 6-inch device yet
ASUS to release two e-Readers in Europe, US
From Electronisca, Jan 26, 2010 ASUS may launch its 6-inch DR-570 OLED e-book reader and the 9-inch model DR-950 in the US and Europe markets as soon as this spring to gauge the market acceptance, unnamed sources revealed today. By next winter, the PC maker will release readers with color screens. Both of the already previewed readers use SiPix e-paper screens and Samsung CPUs.
Despite the planned and rumored releases, DigiTimes hears that ASUS has not yet begun mass production of the readers. Neither has it released final specs, prices or marketing schedules. It was reported earlier that ASUS won't launch the readers until the second half of the year, but the company has reportedly revised this because of the popularity of e-book readers.
Despite the planned and rumored releases, DigiTimes hears that ASUS has not yet begun mass production of the readers. Neither has it released final specs, prices or marketing schedules. It was reported earlier that ASUS won't launch the readers until the second half of the year, but the company has reportedly revised this because of the popularity of e-book readers.
Lenovo's iBook - coming to the USA?
From Trendygadget, Jan 25th, 2010. This is the Lenovo’s first eBook reader with codename of Tianji iBook EB-605.
Powered by a 400Mhz Samsung ARM CPU, the device equipped with 6-inch e-paper display packed in a 178mm x 128.4mm x 9.9mm body. Priced at around $300, it can read DF, CHM, EPUB, TXT, HTM, HTML, RTF, PDF、DJVU, MOBI, PRC ebooks in multi-laguages.
Acer cancelling planned e-Readers
From Engadget, Feb 23, 2010 - The glut of competitors and the size of the e-Reader market has sparked some rethinking at Acer's Taiwanese headquarters about their planned introduction of another e-Reader. The Taipei Times is reporting this morning Acer chairman Wang Jeng-tang's announcement that his company will not be releasing an ebook reader "for now." It was only a month ago that Jeng-tang and his crew were telling the world about the aggressive inroads they were going to make into the Amazon-dominated e-reader market, but it appears that Acer might have thought twice about emulating the Kindle after rethinking the market. Acer was one of many companies caught up in the wave of enthusiasm about e-Readers recently.
