New digital book reader unveiled Monday is super thin and attractive - seemingly taking advantage of Amazon Kindle failures large and horrible.
Flexdisplay Plastic Logic unveiled its digital reader Monday at the DEMO technology convention. Readers who have not yet given a name, will display a variety of media such as newspapers, books and magazines using the E Ink electronic-display technology seen today in similar devices.
What's more, the Plastic Logic device, such as width and length as a sheet of letter size (8.5-by-11-inch), the size of less than 3 / 10 inch thick and weighs less than a pound. The actual area diagonal screen size of 10.7 inches.
Plastic Logic readers shows the balance between size and comfort. Although the gadget in the world, most have more mania "is smaller and more powerful" devices, many plastics that you can appreciate the logic of the reader is longer, wider and thinner than the device, making it more easy to read and carry around.
Backplane device consists of plastic - which could be flexible when third manufacturers adapt their electronics to sustain bending, officials Plastic Logic Wired.com. In the future, devices with touch screen feature to change the page, the navigation and typing notes with the virtual keyboard.
That's where Amazon has an advantage: the Plastic Logic reader is not yet Wi-Fi enabled. Currently there is a micro-USB port and Bluetooth connectivity to sync media from your computer, but said the company has plans to eventually implement Wi-Fi features.
Scanner battery lasts for about a Sunday because there is no backlight: What you see on screen is a reflection, then you have to read the day or with lights on, the only time that the device will power is when loading the page or fiddle with the new menu on the touchscreen.
A date has not been announced but the company is opening a factory in Germany before producing unit; Plastic Logic expects to release its first reader in early 2009. No price has been announced either, but officials say that the reader will be "priced competitively" with devices such as Kindle, which currently costs $ 359.
Flexdisplay Plastic Logic unveiled its digital reader Monday at the DEMO technology convention. Readers who have not yet given a name, will display a variety of media such as newspapers, books and magazines using the E Ink electronic-display technology seen today in similar devices.
What's more, the Plastic Logic device, such as width and length as a sheet of letter size (8.5-by-11-inch), the size of less than 3 / 10 inch thick and weighs less than a pound. The actual area diagonal screen size of 10.7 inches.
Plastic Logic readers shows the balance between size and comfort. Although the gadget in the world, most have more mania "is smaller and more powerful" devices, many plastics that you can appreciate the logic of the reader is longer, wider and thinner than the device, making it more easy to read and carry around.
Backplane device consists of plastic - which could be flexible when third manufacturers adapt their electronics to sustain bending, officials Plastic Logic Wired.com. In the future, devices with touch screen feature to change the page, the navigation and typing notes with the virtual keyboard.
That's where Amazon has an advantage: the Plastic Logic reader is not yet Wi-Fi enabled. Currently there is a micro-USB port and Bluetooth connectivity to sync media from your computer, but said the company has plans to eventually implement Wi-Fi features.
Scanner battery lasts for about a Sunday because there is no backlight: What you see on screen is a reflection, then you have to read the day or with lights on, the only time that the device will power is when loading the page or fiddle with the new menu on the touchscreen.
A date has not been announced but the company is opening a factory in Germany before producing unit; Plastic Logic expects to release its first reader in early 2009. No price has been announced either, but officials say that the reader will be "priced competitively" with devices such as Kindle, which currently costs $ 359.
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