Readius folding e-book reader might come out this year

Polyglot27 · 04-23-2009, 09:13 AM

Readius, which announced their folding e-reader using a flexible e-paper screen last year, failed to bring it out on the market due to lack of funding. They now say that new investors have been found and it might just come out this year.
See article here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/23/readius_update/

zelda_pinwheel · 04-23-2009, 09:15 AM

hm, interesting ! apparently they are already on a second generation device even though the first gen never went to market. i can't wait to find out more. thanks for the news !

tirsales · 04-23-2009, 09:20 AM

Last year I would have had the money, this years difficult

Somehow it will work!

Need Beta-Testers?

Thanks for the update

HarryT · 04-23-2009, 11:30 AM

I look upon the first gen device as more of a technology demonstration than a practical device. Would YOU really want to read on a 5" screen with a 320x240 resolution? That's going to result in awfully "blocky" text - like reading an old fasioned dot-matrix printer printout (for those sufficiently elderly to remember such things!

).

Polyglot27 · 04-23-2009, 11:41 AM

I did not remember that the resolution was so low. Wonder if the new model coming out has higher resolution. Thanks for reminding us Harry.
Actually, the Cassiopeia I bought in 2001 to read MobiPocket files on had the same low resolution, now that I think of it. There's no going back to the bad old low res days though.

HarryT · 04-23-2009, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyglot27

Actually, the Cassiopeia I bought in 2001 to read MobiPocket files on had the same low resolution, now that I think of it. There's no going back to the bad old low res days though.

Yes, but it had a much smaller screen, hence more "dots per inch", and the text looked a lot better than it would on the Readius.

wallcraft · 04-23-2009, 12:23 PM

There is a good "first look" review at i to i blog. Note that this was over a year ago. The 320x240 resolution is an issue, but it has 16 grey scales. Given the great interest in the Kindle Store delivery model, I am surprised Polymer Vision could not get traction. Perhaps it would have worked in the US but not in Europe.

HarryT · 04-23-2009, 12:40 PM

It would probably work fine as a PDA - contacts, diary, that kind of thing. I'm just not sure I'd want to do a lot of reading on it, but the same is true of my Smartphone, too, come to that.

wodin · 04-23-2009, 01:21 PM

I'm not really very interested in having yet another cell phone. I wonder if I can just stick the SIM from my ATT MediaNet modem in it?

04-23-2009, 09:13 AM	#1
Polyglot27 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 5588994 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Cybook Gen3, Archos 80 G9, Sony PRS-650, Sony T1, Asus MemoPad.	Readius folding e-book reader might come out this year Readius, which announced their folding e-reader using a flexible e-paper screen last year, failed to bring it out on the market due to lack of funding. They now say that new investors have been found and it might just come out this year. See article here: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/23/readius_update/

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hm, interesting ! apparently they are already on a second generation device even though the first gen never went to market. i can't wait to find out more. thanks for the news !

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tirsales MIA ... but returning som Posts: 1,600 Karma: 511342 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Device: PRS-505 and Really not owning a PRS-700	Last year I would have had the money, this years difficult Somehow it will work! Need Beta-Testers? Thanks for the update

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I look upon the first gen device as more of a technology demonstration than a practical device. Would YOU really want to read on a 5" screen with a 320x240 resolution? That's going to result in awfully "blocky" text - like reading an old fasioned dot-matrix printer printout (for those sufficiently elderly to remember such things! ).

04-23-2009, 11:41 AM	#5
Polyglot27 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 5588994 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Cybook Gen3, Archos 80 G9, Sony PRS-650, Sony T1, Asus MemoPad.	I did not remember that the resolution was so low. Wonder if the new model coming out has higher resolution. Thanks for reminding us Harry. Actually, the Cassiopeia I bought in 2001 to read MobiPocket files on had the same low resolution, now that I think of it. There's no going back to the bad old low res days though.

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	There is a good "first look" review at i to i blog. Note that this was over a year ago. The 320x240 resolution is an issue, but it has 16 grey scales. Given the great interest in the Kindle Store delivery model, I am surprised Polymer Vision could not get traction. Perhaps it would have worked in the US but not in Europe.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It would probably work fine as a PDA - contacts, diary, that kind of thing. I'm just not sure I'd want to do a lot of reading on it, but the same is true of my Smartphone, too, come to that.

04-23-2009, 01:21 PM	#9
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	I'm not really very interested in having yet another cell phone. I wonder if I can just stick the SIM from my ATT MediaNet modem in it?

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