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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
I'll send them a mail asking for a little more information...let's see whether they respond and what they are willing to share. So far we have little to go by apart from the flexible screen 5" screen and the fact that it contains a 3G network card.
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Dear mobilereaders, my name is Thomas and I am working for Polymer Vision, the creators of the Readius. Polymer Vision was contacted by one of the editors of the site and here I am to respond to your questions. Obviously my comments will be coloured by my background, you will have to forgive me for that (call it professional de-formation or extreme enthousiasm about the Readius!) Some comments for now:
- The Readius samples shown last February in Barcelona were handmade engineering samples to show the concept.
- The current samples we have are samples of the commercial product we will launch in 2008. They are not fully functional yet.
- Samples will be shown in public and demonstrated during the Barcelona Mobile World Congress in febr. The final specifications of the Readius will then be communicated as well.
- Telecom Italia Mobile is our lead customer and will sell the Readius in Italy. We are in discussion with other customers about launching the Readius in other countries.
- The Readius is a pocket size e-reader ideal for personalised information with the possibility of updating your favourite information anytime, anywhere via its 3G connection.
- The user (via a pc application) will be able to download content to the device and configure the types of favourite info he/she would like to be updated about when on the move (eg. RSS feeds).
- With the introduction of the first rollable display at the size of 5" we already make a big step compared to current mobile display sizes (2-3.5"). But there is more to come. Among others wee are working on higher resolution and larger display sizes . For truly mobile usage (pocketsize device) we think 8-9" is the sweet spot to be working on.
Let me know if you want to know more.