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vxf · 07-12-2010, 01:01 PM

What's up with Samsung? I mean, I saw an E60 (or is it E61? - anyhow, the one with the sliding screen) in a store - and it sure looks like a sturdy device, fast, with some intuitive menus, very light... in short, I like it.

But I did notice that the screen flashes very noticeably... certainly worse than the current generation of ebook readers...

Anyhow, that got me curious and so I googled a bit and found plenty of places talking about the Samsung E101. And... wow, that looks like what I want. IN short, an open-format, big screen device on which I can annotate... I mean, a touch-screen...

I am currently using a PRS900 and I just want the same thing, with a bigger screen. The Samsung seems to be it...

Now, the really weird thing. When I looked it up last night, I found the device being sold on one single place - Dell.UK (huh???). For Euro 269, if I remember correctly. Which is a lot, but I would have bought it anyhow. Yet, today, I can't find it anywhere - all the sites I see are dates January and talk about some unspecified future release date...

Any info?

And, most importantly, did I end up in a time-warp? Did my internet travel into the future last night? Dell.UK has no trace of the Samsung today.

07-12-2010, 01:01 PM	#1
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	Samsung E101 What's up with Samsung? I mean, I saw an E60 (or is it E61? - anyhow, the one with the sliding screen) in a store - and it sure looks like a sturdy device, fast, with some intuitive menus, very light... in short, I like it. But I did notice that the screen flashes very noticeably... certainly worse than the current generation of ebook readers... Anyhow, that got me curious and so I googled a bit and found plenty of places talking about the Samsung E101. And... wow, that looks like what I want. IN short, an open-format, big screen device on which I can annotate... I mean, a touch-screen... I am currently using a PRS900 and I just want the same thing, with a bigger screen. The Samsung seems to be it... Now, the really weird thing. When I looked it up last night, I found the device being sold on one single place - Dell.UK (huh???). For Euro 269, if I remember correctly. Which is a lot, but I would have bought it anyhow. Yet, today, I can't find it anywhere - all the sites I see are dates January and talk about some unspecified future release date... Any info? And, most importantly, did I end up in a time-warp? Did my internet travel into the future last night? Dell.UK has no trace of the Samsung today.