Ectaco jetBook Lite eBook Reader
While Barnes & Noble readyed their own ebook reader which packs dual display, Ectaco release its own ebbok reader which claimed that Barnes & Noble is the only place to buy the e-books. Called JetBook Lite, the reader packs a 5-inch reflective TFT and 100MB internal memory. There’s an SD card slot to expand the storage. Ectaco jetBook Lite support Ectaco jetBook Lite language. Uniquely, jetBook Lite didn’t packs any internal battery but using four AA battery to power it instead. jetBook Lite is sold with a $149.99 price tag.
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Dual-display ebook reader from Barnes & Noble
Barnes and Noble will offer their own ebook reader. No name was given just yet, but the Barnes and Noble’s ebook reader is scheduled to be available in 2010. The device packs dual screen, a monochrome e-ink panel on top and color multitouch panel with smaller size underneath.the e-ink display will be used to display book content while the color multitouch panel will be for navigation, menus and on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
Amazon Kindle Goes International
Amazon realize the big demand of its Kindsle e-book reader worldwide. So the company is planning to sell Kindle 2 and Kindle DX worldwide, to more than 100 countries. Pre-orders for standard Amazon Kindle package is going for $250, $40 lower than the original $299 price. Shipping will start at October 19th. Will you place your order now ?
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Toshiba Biblio has Morphpad Display technology
Toshiba Biblio, a new hybrid of eBook reader and mobile phone is introduced by Toshiba. Comes in a slider design like many phones, Toshiba Biblio packs a sliding keyboard which offer a full qwerty keyboard whrn slided out in landscape mode and offer numeric keypad in portraid mode. and the keyboard only shows blank black surface when the device is turned off.
iRiver Story EBook Reader
iRiver, well known for its PMP products, is readying its first ebook reader called iRiver Story. iRiver Story will comes with a 6 inch E-ink screen and compatible with PDF, epub, txt, ppt, doc, xls and other ebook formats without conversion.Its battery is claimed capable to support up to 9,000 page view. Its release date is expected to be September 16th with price will be somewhere between 350,000~400,000 KRW ($282-323).
Zyrus USB Solar Drive
Wanna go to a rural area for where no electricity available but still need your handheld devices ? For mobile phone, you can get Samsung S7550 Blue Earth Phone when its available, but what about your other devices ? Well, then maybe Zyrus, a maker from Korea, got a solution for you called Zyrus Sun Drive. Comes in a big USB drive design, Sun Drive packs a solar cell panel which capable to transfor sunlight to electrucity to charge your mobile phones, mp3 players, PMPs, and digital camera’s battery.
ZTE AD3700 USB global modem Available at Verizon
ZTE AD3700, a USB global modem is released by Verizon Wireless. As mentioned on its tag as ‘Global Modem’, ZTE AD3700 support EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/HSPA networks. This will make it cover more than 175 destinations around the world. Operating System supported by this global modem including Windows Vista, XP and 2000.
Nokia N96 NAM got USA Release Date
You wait is over, almost. The Nokia N86 NAM is finally announced will be launched on 22 August.The NokiaUSA.com set its price to $499 but surely that’s before rebate and off-contract.
Just a reminder, Nokia N86 8MP sport a 8MPix camera with Carl Zeiss lens, autofocus, Automatic Motion Blur Reduction, dual LED flash and a fast mechanical shutter.