The BenQ e-Book nReader
BenQ's e-Book nReader K60 features a 6-inch SiPix Microcup touchscreen electronic paper display (EDP) with 800×600 resolution, 167dpi, and 16 grey scales.
The nReader K60 has 2GB internal memory that is enough for 4000 e-book files and there is a microSD card slot for expansion up to 16 GB. The e-reader supports ePub, PDF, HMTL, TXT e-book files as well as JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG image files. It can even playback MP3 audio files.
BenQ’s K60 include also support for WiFi 802.11b/g connection and there is a USB port adding optional 3G/3.5G dongle. It gets a 3.5mm audio jack. BenQ nReader also has built-in 1530mAh battery that is good for 7500 pages.
It will be released first in Taiwan and China with a price of about 8900 Taiwan Dollars ($277.00 US). BenQ also plans to launch a book store for the device, which will go on sale in Asia early in 2010. A color version is also being developed in BenQ's labs as well but very few details are available other than they would like to market the BenQ color e-Reader by late 2010.
