01-04-2008, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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New E-Ink reader, Soribook.
The name is Soribook(which means "sound book" in english) from South Korea.
Specs: Cpu: 532MHz ARM11 Core OS: Windows CE 5.0 Core Screen: 6" E Ink® Vizplex screen, 600x800 pixels, 167dpi, 8 grayscale RAM: 64MB Mobile DDR Storage: 1 GB Nand Flash(up to 2GB SD card) Supported formats: HTML, CHM, TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, RTF, IDPF epub(in the future) , SONY BBEB(in the future) JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF(F) ,MP3 Battery: Rechargeable built-in Li-Polymer battery (1500 mAh) 10,000 screen refresh battery life Connectivity:USB Touchscreen Dictionary look up sd card Wi-Fi(supported in the future) TTS(Text-To-Speech ) function Size: 175.0 x 117.5 x 12.5 (mm) Weight: 235g Price: 380,000 Korean Won(about $404 in USD) The unit is being sold to a limited number of customers only in South Korea, and will be available generally soon. I don't know yet about worldwide availability. Soribook site http://www.soribook.com/index.jsp Last edited by llwwss; 01-04-2008 at 07:18 PM. |
01-05-2008, 03:19 AM | #2 |
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Are you sure about the touchscreen?
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01-05-2008, 01:26 PM | #3 |
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Sounds good even if was keyboard-based! A few people have asked about, and seem to desire, text-to-speech when I talk about my Sony reader.
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01-05-2008, 02:40 PM | #4 |
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Yes, it has touchscreen like PDAs or iliad and it is not keyboard-based. You can use the stylus or your finger to input.
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01-05-2008, 03:42 PM | #5 |
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01-05-2008, 05:53 PM | #6 |
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I am interested in seeing this device once they have BBeB supported.
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01-10-2008, 07:36 PM | #7 |
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looks very promising!!
Price is good enough, wonder when it will be available for us mortals? |
03-01-2008, 12:22 AM | #8 |
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I've talking throug email with SoriBOOK guy and they told me as follow:
Quote: yes, the machine will be ready for selling sometime next month. The Touch panel we use is similar to Irex's for touch. The machine will be available in English version. The price will be $399 for the time being. Thank you for your interest. I hope this will help averybody interest in this e-reader. |
03-01-2008, 11:35 AM | #9 |
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03-01-2008, 01:55 PM | #10 |
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With a WinCE core would Ubook and a LIT viewer work with the SoriBook. That would make for a near universal reader.
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03-01-2008, 03:04 PM | #11 |
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03-01-2008, 05:31 PM | #12 |
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It looks really good but I want to hear more about the touch screen. I feel that Murphy's Law will apply here - in the interval between ordering my PRS505 and getting it, someone will release a true enotebook with a touch screen that I can draw on. But browsing their web site they don't seem to talk about that feature.
I'm going to get my Korean workmate to read the site and try to find the details for me tomorrow. I assume none of you read Korean? |
03-02-2008, 05:19 PM | #13 |
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I just talked to my Korean-reading workmate and apparently the SoriBook does have some kind of drawing mode as well. Probably not art quality sketching, but writing notes should be possible. Now I just have to wait for the English version!
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03-05-2008, 12:57 PM | #14 |
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Nice product, no doubt.
Kind of looks like a Sony rip-off, aside from the addtional features which look very interesting. F. |
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I found the FAQ for the Soribook. I have good news and bad news. According to the FAQ, the Soribook does not have Wifi. Support for a Wifi SD card is going to be added in the near future.
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