Sungale is a maker of small electronic devices like digital picture frames, IP radios, and the like. The EB601 is a departure from the rest of Sungale's products in that it is the first to use an epaper screen. There were a couple mock-ups and 1 functional unit on hand. The one functional unit had an incomplete and still buggy firmware, so I couldn't actually read anything on it. The projected release date is April with a retail of $169.
They're not planning to add DRM support, but it will have FBReader. I have one of the handouts in front of me, and the specs are as follows:
- 6" screen
- 600x800 resolution
- 16 level gray scale
- text to speech
- ebook formats: HTML, PDF, Epub, TXT, Doc, PPT, Excel
- picture formats: JPG, TIFF, BMP, PNG
- Audio formats: MP3, WMA
- Storage: SD (up to 16 GB)
I'll scan the hand out and post it when I get home. You can't tell from the pictures, but there are 2 speakers on the back in the lower corners. There are 4 buttons below the screen: font size, menu, return, and orientation. There are 11 buttons on the right of the screen, the 11th is labeled mark. I would assume that this is for bookmarks.
You may recall that I reviewed the Sungale Cyberus. I didn't think it was a very good ebook reader. The rep I spoke to was familiar with my review and agreed with me. I got the impression that they were more unhappy with the fact it had been labeled an ebook reader than the review.