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Perhaps some first impressions about the SNE-60. Because it seems that there is not much information about it, which is not so surprising considering that Samsung is taking it off the market so short after introducing it:

Things I like:
- the wacom touch screen, really nice from the usage, and no diminished contrast like with the sony touch edition (not the new one coming soon)
- the fact that you can scribble on any kind of content, including PDFs
- the scribble is in standard format, as far as I can see, saved as bmp or something. So its great to export
- scribble can be done with different "pen sizes"
- outlook sync of the calendar (though I did not test this)
- PDF display: this is really cool, I can display even scientific papers including all nifty extras, no errors found during testing. No reflow though, but the usage is anyway great, you just tap two points on the page, and the part inbetween will be zoomed. Also the PDF can be rotated for reading. Note that it displays PDF as it is displayed on the computer, no changes in layout...
- speed: well, i have no comparison, but it seems fast. Especially if you switch it on from "suspend", it takes a second or two.
- It seems you can scribble on images, though I did not test it myself.
- exchangeable standard Samsung mobile phone battery
- nice haptics, though I have only comparison with the iriver story, which also was quite nice.

Things I dont like:
- firmware update does not work up to now, at least with the korean firmware, which is the only one available
- According to Samsung France website, this device does not exist, but the E65. I have no clue what this means.
- It seems that only epub, pdf and txt is supported
- scribbling only works on one zoom level at the same time, if you change it and start scribbling again, everything already scribbled gets deleted.
- scribbling in pdf only works in page view, not when rotated and not while zooming
- the "virtual printer" software which should allow printing into the device from any application does NOT WORK with W7 64

Features I am missing or I would like additionally:
- a possibility to categorize the books (at least I did not find the way to do it)
- editing the outlook calender would be a nice feature
- handwriting recognition or screen keyboard also for notes and calendar (it seems that many previews were talking about "handwriting recognition", but meant "handwriting possibility" instead.
- Wifi not only for buying books, but e.g. email or RSS

The price now is 249€ here (France) in Carrefour, which is still not cheap but a lot less than the initial price tag.
Overall, I liked it, but I am a bit unsure at the moment if I should get a new device in exchange or the money (the e60 had a crack in the case, thats why I returned it, and got the money back).
Any opinions about alternatives? I have the impression that this is a cool device, but if support stops now...

Oh and by the way, I was surprised it is NOT "made in china", but made in korea. Did not know that something like this is possible.