AirPaper 50T - new Chinese liseuse w\GSM

Nate the great · 09-11-2009, 02:13 PM

If you've seen Engadget today, you might have noticed that there is a new epaper based liseuse on the Chinese market. Rather than just repeat Engadget, I went looking for more information.

The AirPaper 50T is a product of Datang Telecom, and it appears to be that company's first liseuse. I found the original press release. Datang Telecom is partnering with China Mobile, a cellular company, and the liseuse is supposed to be a subsidized model. I'm not sure what the terms of the subsidy are, so at this point I'm taking it with a grain of salt. But I did find a gallery of pictures. I would estimate the size to be about that of the Kindle. An important difference is that it has a touch screen in place of the keyboard. This raises some interesting possibilities, doesn't it?

I haven't found a spec sheet yet, but one source I found says the Airpaper has a 4 bit screen. Also, I found a gallery that identifies a Micro SD card slot on the upper edge. It also has a picture with the back cover removed.

press release
gallery
commentary
more commentary

P.S. Liseuse is the French term for a hardware device that is used to read ebooks. I am adopting it as a way to differentiate between hardware and software readers of ebooks.

vivaldirules · 09-11-2009, 02:25 PM

[idlemusing]

AirPaper 50t - new Chinese liseuse w\GSM

(Doggie idly wonders what visitors, and most members, of MR think when they see liseuse in a headline article. "Yo, Martha! What's a dang liseueuseuse? Anyway, China has a new one!")

[/idlemusing]

phenomshel · 09-11-2009, 02:31 PM

Go Nate!!

LDBoblo · 09-11-2009, 02:35 PM

Wow, that's an especially inelegant solution, even comparing it to the other inelegant solutions out there. Wonder if the e-ink screen will be as ghosty as that of the Hanwang 516.

ekaser · 09-11-2009, 02:41 PM

I love the various "rate this article" icons at the bottom of the "gallery" page, especially the guy spitting water and the cop with the baton, not to mention the giant kissing lips...

PhishStyx · 09-11-2009, 03:57 PM

I know this isn't entirely pertinent to the article, itself, but how exactly do you pronounce "liseuse" so that I can say it in my head when I'm reading?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-11-2009, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhishStyx

I know this isn't entirely pertinent to the article, itself, but how exactly do you pronounce "liseuse" so that I can say it in my head when I'm reading?

http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnair.../LISEUSE/parle

PhishStyx · 09-11-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnair.../LISEUSE/parle

Uh ok?? That didn't help. What was it supposed to do?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-11-2009, 04:13 PM

it's an audio recording of the word so you can hear how it's pronounced. if you've got the sound off you won't hear it, so it's pronounced "lee zeuhz" (the "eu" is pronounced the same as the vowel sound in "her", "fur", etc. or like a german ö).

vivaldirules · 09-11-2009, 04:48 PM

I've been pronouncing it like Lee Zeus, though luckily no one has yet heard me speak it.

I'm chuckling now because I can just imagine Zelda's reaction to that. She's probably picturing some guy in a pair of boots with a big Texas drawl say Lee Zooooose! Maybe I should stick to calling them ebook readers?

stasys · 09-11-2009, 04:59 PM

What I can say - it's ugliest reader I've ever seen..

Elfwreck · 09-11-2009, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhishStyx

I know this isn't entirely pertinent to the article, itself, but how exactly do you pronounce "liseuse" so that I can say it in my head when I'm reading?

I pronounce it liz-use. With a rather soft "y" sound on the "use."

If that's wrong, it doesn't need to be fixed; it's not like I'm likely to ever say it aloud.

I like the idea of the word, but don't think it'll catch on in the US; it doesn't connect to anything we think of as meaning "book." I suspect that, in the long run, ereader is going to be the word of choice, and eReader-the-program/filetype is going to lose their trademark for not enforcing it on the hundreds of blogs that discuss ebooks.

SolRaven · 09-12-2009, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhishStyx

I know this isn't entirely pertinent to the article, itself, but how exactly do you pronounce "liseuse" so that I can say it in my head when I'm reading?

That's funny, just as I got to your question I was thinking the exact same thing in my head. What was going through my head is that it's pronounced like masseuse but with a "lee" instead of "ma".

AprilHare · 09-12-2009, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

[idlemusing]

AirPaper 50t - new Chinese liseuse w\GSM

(Doggie idly wonders what visitors, and most members, of MR think when they see liseuse in a headline article. "Yo, Martha! What's a dang liseueuseuse? Anyway, China has a new one!")

[/idlemusing]

My main question is: what does it sound like? In a English sentence, that is..
Do we need to get Zelda in front of a microphone?

Greg Anos · 09-12-2009, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I've been pronouncing it like Lee Zeus, though luckily no one has yet heard me speak it.

I'm chuckling now because I can just imagine Zelda's reaction to that. She's probably picturing some guy in a pair of boots with a big Texas drawl say Lee Zooooose! Maybe I should stick to calling them ebook readers?

Now doggie, don't be making fun of my way of speakin'......Red.

09-11-2009, 02:13 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	AirPaper 50T - new Chinese liseuse w\GSM If you've seen Engadget today, you might have noticed that there is a new epaper based liseuse on the Chinese market. Rather than just repeat Engadget, I went looking for more information. The AirPaper 50T is a product of Datang Telecom, and it appears to be that company's first liseuse. I found the original press release. Datang Telecom is partnering with China Mobile, a cellular company, and the liseuse is supposed to be a subsidized model. I'm not sure what the terms of the subsidy are, so at this point I'm taking it with a grain of salt. But I did find a gallery of pictures. I would estimate the size to be about that of the Kindle. An important difference is that it has a touch screen in place of the keyboard. This raises some interesting possibilities, doesn't it? I haven't found a spec sheet yet, but one source I found says the Airpaper has a 4 bit screen. Also, I found a gallery that identifies a Micro SD card slot on the upper edge. It also has a picture with the back cover removed. press release gallery commentary more commentary P.S. Liseuse is the French term for a hardware device that is used to read ebooks. I am adopting it as a way to differentiate between hardware and software readers of ebooks. Last edited by Nate the great; 09-11-2009 at 02:36 PM.

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09-11-2009, 02:25 PM	#2
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	[idlemusing] AirPaper 50t - new Chinese liseuse w\GSM (Doggie idly wonders what visitors, and most members, of MR think when they see liseuse in a headline article. "Yo, Martha! What's a dang liseueuseuse? Anyway, China has a new one!") [/idlemusing]

09-11-2009, 02:31 PM	#3
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Go Nate!!

09-11-2009, 02:35 PM	#4
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	Wow, that's an especially inelegant solution, even comparing it to the other inelegant solutions out there. Wonder if the e-ink screen will be as ghosty as that of the Hanwang 516.

09-11-2009, 02:41 PM	#5
ekaser Opinion Artiste Posts: 301 Karma: 61464 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, OR Device: Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire	I love the various "rate this article" icons at the bottom of the "gallery" page, especially the guy spitting water and the cop with the baton, not to mention the giant kissing lips...

09-11-2009, 03:57 PM	#6
PhishStyx The me that I am Posts: 413 Karma: 1078 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: In my house! Duh! Device: Kindle 1 & DR 1000s	I know this isn't entirely pertinent to the article, itself, but how exactly do you pronounce "liseuse" so that I can say it in my head when I'm reading?

09-11-2009, 04:13 PM	#9
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?	it's an audio recording of the word so you can hear how it's pronounced. if you've got the sound off you won't hear it, so it's pronounced "lee zeuhz" (the "eu" is pronounced the same as the vowel sound in "her", "fur", etc. or like a german ö).

09-11-2009, 04:48 PM	#10
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I've been pronouncing it like Lee Zeus, though luckily no one has yet heard me speak it. I'm chuckling now because I can just imagine Zelda's reaction to that. She's probably picturing some guy in a pair of boots with a big Texas drawl say Lee Zooooose! Maybe I should stick to calling them ebook readers?

09-11-2009, 04:59 PM	#11
stasys Zealot Posts: 151 Karma: 676 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kobo Glo, Paperwhite	What I can say - it's ugliest reader I've ever seen..