Spanish company Luarna pops up with a SiPix 9" reader

Geppetto · 09-04-2010, 03:40 PM

Here it is, the Booq Avant XL: a 9" capacitive SiPix screen + WiFi reader

https://www.luarna.com/Paginas/booqavantXL.html

And it costs 399 euros...

SkyDream · 09-04-2010, 04:15 PM

Mein Spanisch ist jetzt nicht so gut, und Google Translate will auch nicht.
Hat jemand Infos in Deutsch/Englisch über das Gerät ?

Ken Irving · 09-04-2010, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDream

Mein Spanisch ist jetzt nicht so gut, und Google Translate will auch nicht.
Hat jemand Infos in Deutsch/Englisch über das Gerät ?

Here are English and German pages, courtesy of Google Chrome, though the PDF printer seems to have dropped the graphics.

dapriuk · 09-05-2010, 03:25 AM

Something not quite right about the screen specs - a 9" display of 800x600 at 167 ppi yet other SiPix devices (such as proposed ASUS, Hanlin etc) are 1024x768 at 142 ppi.

SkyDream · 09-05-2010, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Irving

Here are English and German pages, courtesy of Google Chrome, though the PDF printer seems to have dropped the graphics.

Thanks a lot

abigsmurf · 09-05-2010, 04:16 PM

9", 399 € and it's only 800*600? Can't be right

AdamV · 09-06-2010, 07:22 AM

yeah the pricing vs the specs is a big nono... Asus DR 900 is supposed to be almost half that price (well we'll see about that anyway)... with similar features...

i recall IREX that went bancrupt after pricing their DR800 at $399 and complaining about the lack of customer interest...

Geppetto · 09-06-2010, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AdamV

yeah the pricing vs the specs is a big nono... Asus DR 900 is supposed to be almost half that price (well we'll see about that anyway)... with similar features...

i recall IREX that went bancrupt after pricing their DR800 at $399 and complaining about the lack of customer interest...

They're still selling them in Europe at 499 euros, you know. And they have no WiFi nor 3G

AdamV · 09-06-2010, 08:37 AM

well selling is not a good word here

they are trying to clear the stock but without the price dropping down at least by a half, it will take a while to complete that...

IREX now became IRX and are planning to go for business area only with their new development loosing an interetest in consumer electronics... there are only 24 employees there so - good luck guys!

wallcraft · 09-06-2010, 02:59 PM

Charbax has a video demo of the booq Avant 6″ SiPix e-reader from IFA. Very near the end it includes a non-functioning 9" device, on sale by the end of the month. The SiPix screen looks pretty good, fast page turns and ok contrast. EInk needs to switch quickly from Vizplex to Pearl in order to avoid losing market share.

Dulin's Books · 09-06-2010, 03:17 PM

Current Vizplex Eink already exceeds both the DPI and contrast of SiPix epaper.

For page turn speed, what they are doing with that device is using partial refresh for 6-10 pages and the a full refresh. so you get a speedy dirty page turn for awhile and then a full clean "flash" refresh every so often.

The better eink based readers allow you to do this as well.

Papi · 09-07-2010, 02:45 AM

Is Sipix e-paper electrophoretic technology ? I thought they were more or less LCD screens, but then I don't understand the eInk-like slow refresh. Sipix is the company that made those hybrid reflective / backlighten color LCD, right ?

mikaelalind · 09-07-2010, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Papi

Is Sipix e-paper electrophoretic technology ? I thought they were more or less LCD screens, but then I don't understand the eInk-like slow refresh. Sipix is the company that made those hybrid reflective / backlighten color LCD, right ?

Sipix makes e-paper. Pixel Qi makes hybrid reflective/ backlit color LCD.

Papi · 09-07-2010, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mikaelalind

Sipix makes e-paper. Pixel Qi makes hybrid reflective/ backlit color LCD.

That would explain it. Thanks for clearing that up.

Richey79 · 09-07-2010, 05:22 AM

Hate the name 'Booq'. Hope the product comes with a good instruction 'Manuel'.

09-04-2010, 03:40 PM	#1
Geppetto Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 748 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Sony PRS600, Cybook, Hanvon N520, Sony PRS300, Onyx Boox, Kindle 3	Spanish company Luarna pops up with a SiPix 9" reader Here it is, the Booq Avant XL: a 9" capacitive SiPix screen + WiFi reader https://www.luarna.com/Paginas/booqavantXL.html And it costs 399 euros...

09-06-2010, 03:17 PM	#11
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	Current Vizplex Eink already exceeds both the DPI and contrast of SiPix epaper. For page turn speed, what they are doing with that device is using partial refresh for 6-10 pages and the a full refresh. so you get a speedy dirty page turn for awhile and then a full clean "flash" refresh every so often. The better eink based readers allow you to do this as well. Last edited by Dulin's Books; 09-06-2010 at 03:24 PM.

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AdamV Censored Posts: 105 Karma: 20724 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Kobo Aura HD (brown), Asus DR 900	yeah the pricing vs the specs is a big nono... Asus DR 900 is supposed to be almost half that price (well we'll see about that anyway)... with similar features... i recall IREX that went bancrupt after pricing their DR800 at $399 and complaining about the lack of customer interest...

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AdamV Censored Posts: 105 Karma: 20724 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Kobo Aura HD (brown), Asus DR 900	well selling is not a good word here they are trying to clear the stock but without the price dropping down at least by a half, it will take a while to complete that... IREX now became IRX and are planning to go for business area only with their new development loosing an interetest in consumer electronics... there are only 24 employees there so - good luck guys!

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Charbax has a video demo of the booq Avant 6″ SiPix e-reader from IFA. Very near the end it includes a non-functioning 9" device, on sale by the end of the month. The SiPix screen looks pretty good, fast page turns and ok contrast. EInk needs to switch quickly from Vizplex to Pearl in order to avoid losing market share.

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Papi Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 547600 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Paris Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle NT, PRS-650	Is Sipix e-paper electrophoretic technology ? I thought they were more or less LCD screens, but then I don't understand the eInk-like slow refresh. Sipix is the company that made those hybrid reflective / backlighten color LCD, right ?

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Richey79 mrkrgnao Posts: 241 Karma: 237248 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PRS650, K3 Wireless, Galaxy S3, iPad 3.	Hate the name 'Booq'. Hope the product comes with a good instruction 'Manuel'.