Shiny New E-Book Gizmo: The Amazon Kindle


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TaKir
08-24-2006, 01:32 PM
http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=45883

http://imgnews.naver.com/image/147/2006/08/23/15178-2-5613.jpg
51 various contents
LCD: 4.3 inch 260000 color
Size: 135X94.3X19.7mm
Memory: 1.3GB
Support Language: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese
Price: 395$ (₩ 378000)

Release is planned for August 28, 2006

Bob Russell
08-24-2006, 03:33 PM
Cool looking! That's the sort of device you want to own even if it doesn't do anything you care about! ;-)

This article http://www.dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.3555 seems to indicate that it's basically a dictionary, and only for Asia. BUT it has FM radio and mp3 player, games and... ta da.... "e-book functionality!"

People probably won't generally think of it as an ebook reader, but that doesn't mean it can't do that function.

I wonder if the resolution and screen and supported formats are good enough to make it a winner for ebooks?

Nice find!

yvanleterrible
08-24-2006, 04:06 PM
The content representation looks like a Star Trek thing.
It's really cute !
Imagine it with colour e-ink !

rlauzon
08-24-2006, 04:53 PM
It seems very similar to my Zaurus SL-C760 - which means that the battery life will be similar to a laptop's. So for reading eBooks it's pretty much worthless.