New Device: Bookeen Opus

Prospect · 05-18-2009, 12:44 PM

According to the presentation Laurent Picard made at Digital Book 2009 last week, Bookeen will launch a new device named Opus. Here are the details:

Lightest device: 5.3 oz
▪  Highest def.: 200 dpi (does this mean a 5" screen?)
▪  Storage capacity: 1GB
▪  Fits in a pocket
▪  One handed operable
▪  Adobe ePub/PDF
▪  12 different font sizes
▪  Customizable layout
▪  Folder management
▪  Motion sensor

Does anyone have more information on this?

via Teleread

GeoffC · 05-18-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Prospect

According to Teleread Bookeen will launch a new device named Opus:

Does anyone have more details on this?

pppffftttt.....they can't even be bothered to update their blogs with information like this. If this is not "news" then why do they bother with their blog ? .....

tompe · 05-18-2009, 12:54 PM

Exactly. I saw it earlier today but thought I must have missed all threads about it here...

khalleron · 05-18-2009, 12:57 PM

I'm trying to figure out why an ebook reader would have a motion sensor. So cats can use it?

tompe · 05-18-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

I'm trying to figure out why an ebook reader would have a motion sensor. So cats can use it?

Changing orientation. Which is very annoyning when my phoe does it when I am laying on the side and tries to use it.

GeoffC · 05-18-2009, 01:02 PM

I'm not convinced by the button in the middle of the bottom area (unless there are less obvious page turners at the edge.

wallcraft · 05-18-2009, 01:08 PM

This is the Bookeen Reader with a 5" screen. I don't know if we knew it was called Opus, but early pictures released by PocketBook were actually mockups of the Bookeen device (Bookeen and PocketBook in possible legal dispute over 5" model). The "motion sensor" is probably to detect screen orientation and automatically switch the screen layout. The PocketBook device has this too. It allows one set of keys to work for left or right hands, although this would only apply to landscape mode with these keys.

Alphapheemail · 05-18-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

I'm trying to figure out why an ebook reader would have a motion sensor. So cats can use it?

Its for zero gravity reading.

kacir · 05-18-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

I'm not convinced by the button in the middle of the bottom area (unless there are less obvious page turners at the edge.

Look at the linked pdf file.
There are two long thin white buttons at the right side.
If the device has a motion sensor than it will possible to flip the device and have the buttons at the right side.

There are other interesting things in the pdf file.

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Expected sales in 2009: 50K (2008 x 3)

khalleron · 05-18-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Changing orientation. Which is very annoyning when my phoe does it when I am laying on the side and tries to use it.

If the whole 'accelerometer' thing is the new thing that ALL ebook readers now HAVE to have, then I'm glad I bought mine already. I can't imagine anything more annoying than the page flipping everytime I move - yes, I'm a 'bed-reader' and proud of it. I'm sure most avid readers are, too.

sirbruce · 05-18-2009, 02:13 PM

The Kindle DX has it, and you can turn it off so it won't interfere with your 'bed-reading'.

wallcraft · 05-18-2009, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

If the whole 'accelerometer' thing is the new thing that ALL ebook readers now HAVE to have, then I'm glad I bought mine already.

On the Kindle DX it is possible to turn off the automatic screen flipping mode. I agree that all devices need an option to set the orientation manually.

EowynCarter · 05-18-2009, 02:17 PM

June ? that soon ? Mmm. Well, my Gen3 works like a charm for now. Maybe at the salon du livre next year

At fist i agree that the button in the middle wasn't shuc a godd idea. Then i grabed my Cybook and tried to hit an imaginary middle buton, should work fine if the opus is no bigger.

pdurrant · 05-18-2009, 03:33 PM

Looks nice. And yes, 200dpi means a 5" screen. (5" diagonal means screen is 3" by 4". 600x800 screen at 3"x4" is 200dpi.)

But having broken the screen once (& got it repaired), I'm not buying a new eInk reader until the screens no longer have a glass substrate. They're just too fragile, although I suppose the 5" will be less susceptible to breaking than the 6", like the 6" is to the 9".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prospect

According to the presentation Laurent Picard made at Digital Book 2009 last week, Bookeen will launch a new device named Opus. Here are the details:

Lightest device: 5.3 oz
▪  Highest def.: 200 dpi (does this mean a 5" screen?)
▪  Storage capacity: 1GB
▪  Fits in a pocket
▪  One handed operable
▪  Adobe ePub/PDF
▪  12 different font sizes
▪  Customizable layout
▪  Folder management
▪  Motion sensor

Does anyone have more information on this?

via Teleread

Godzil · 05-18-2009, 03:43 PM

I'm pretty amused to see people who didn't have the device in hand and already complaining about something they didn't use with...

05-18-2009, 12:44 PM	#1
Prospect Other Posts: 143 Karma: 644 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norway Device: Cybook, Kindle	New Device: Bookeen Opus According to the presentation Laurent Picard made at Digital Book 2009 last week, Bookeen will launch a new device named Opus. Here are the details: Lightest device: 5.3 oz ▪  Highest def.: 200 dpi (does this mean a 5" screen?) ▪  Storage capacity: 1GB ▪  Fits in a pocket ▪  One handed operable ▪  Adobe ePub/PDF ▪  12 different font sizes ▪  Customizable layout ▪  Folder management ▪  Motion sensor Does anyone have more information on this? via Teleread Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Nate the great; 05-18-2009 at 12:59 PM. Reason: edited to move to front page

05-18-2009, 01:08 PM	#7
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	This is the Bookeen Reader with a 5" screen. I don't know if we knew it was called Opus, but early pictures released by PocketBook were actually mockups of the Bookeen device (Bookeen and PocketBook in possible legal dispute over 5" model). The "motion sensor" is probably to detect screen orientation and automatically switch the screen layout. The PocketBook device has this too. It allows one set of keys to work for left or right hands, although this would only apply to landscape mode with these keys. Last edited by wallcraft; 05-18-2009 at 01:11 PM.

05-18-2009, 02:17 PM	#13
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	June ? that soon ? Mmm. Well, my Gen3 works like a charm for now. Maybe at the salon du livre next year At fist i agree that the button in the middle wasn't shuc a godd idea. Then i grabed my Cybook and tried to hit an imaginary middle buton, should work fine if the opus is no bigger. Last edited by EowynCarter; 05-18-2009 at 02:26 PM.

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tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Exactly. I saw it earlier today but thought I must have missed all threads about it here...

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khalleron Kate Posts: 1,683 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	I'm trying to figure out why an ebook reader would have a motion sensor. So cats can use it?

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I'm not convinced by the button in the middle of the bottom area (unless there are less obvious page turners at the edge.

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sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	The Kindle DX has it, and you can turn it off so it won't interfere with your 'bed-reading'.

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Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	I'm pretty amused to see people who didn't have the device in hand and already complaining about something they didn't use with...