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Bob Russell · 02-05-2007, 07:46 PM

You may remember the previous expectations of a rollup screen device by summer 2006. Well, things are not too far behind schedule.

Telecom Italia and Polymer Vision have announced the Cellular Book. "The innovative terminal will be presented to the Industry as a world first at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona from February12th (booth in Hall 2, D 06)."

We're all about specs, and here's what we know so far:

* Polymer Vision rollable display technology which extends up to 5-inches
* 16 grey levels
* High contrast/high reflectivity display for paper like reading even in sunlight
* 4gig memory in initial devices
* Newspapers and books can be bought and delivered through TIM’s mobile network via a regular SIM Card
* Wireless access to e-mail, news, information feeds and maps
* Mini-USB slot
* Download and play music, audiobooks and audio podcasts
* Single-handed navigation
* 10 days of average usage time between battery charges

Future improvements should include color and moving images. But it's not clear if this will be a closed or open system. Will you have to buy content over their network, or will you also be able to read your own e-books?

And the bad news? "Telecom Italia will exclusively market the innovative terminal in Italy." No pricing was given for the device, wireless data costs or content.

Thanks to Branko Collin for the news. He has posted his coverage of the device at TeleRead.

02-05-2007, 07:46 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Cellular Book: Rollup screen e-reader for 2007 You may remember the previous expectations of a rollup screen device by summer 2006. Well, things are not too far behind schedule. Telecom Italia and Polymer Vision have announced the Cellular Book. "The innovative terminal will be presented to the Industry as a world first at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona from February12th (booth in Hall 2, D 06)." We're all about specs, and here's what we know so far: * Polymer Vision rollable display technology which extends up to 5-inches * 16 grey levels * High contrast/high reflectivity display for paper like reading even in sunlight * 4gig memory in initial devices * Newspapers and books can be bought and delivered through TIM’s mobile network via a regular SIM Card * Wireless access to e-mail, news, information feeds and maps * Mini-USB slot * Download and play music, audiobooks and audio podcasts * Single-handed navigation * 10 days of average usage time between battery charges Future improvements should include color and moving images. But it's not clear if this will be a closed or open system. Will you have to buy content over their network, or will you also be able to read your own e-books? And the bad news? "Telecom Italia will exclusively market the innovative terminal in Italy." No pricing was given for the device, wireless data costs or content. Thanks to Branko Collin for the news. He has posted his coverage of the device at TeleRead.