Cybook ePaper reader now available for $350
Bookeen has their newest Cybook available for ordering direct on their website. The initial price is $350, which is for just the reader that uses Vizplex E-Ink on a six-inch screen. For an extra $100, there's bundle pack that adds a leather cover, 2 GB SD card, USB charger and earphones. The Cybook battery is rated for 8,000 page flips, which is a whole lotta reading. In terms of reading, you need content and that's where support for Mobipocket comes in. You should also be able to read non-DRM'd HTML, Text, PDF files as well, but as far as DRM content, it looks like Mobipocket becomes your new best friend with a Cybook. Speaking of non-DRM content, you can also listen to MP3 files on the Cybook, provided there is no DRM on them.
The device can also read RSS feeds but I'm not sure how as it doesn't directly connect to the web. The probable solution is pulling RSS from a computer: to get content on the Cybook, you can either sync it to a computer or you can download content directly on an SD card from a computer. Doesn't look like you'll see hacks and ports of Minimo here, making it more of a single-purpose reader than others.
(via TeleRead)
why do none of these devices have a backlight? the single biggest benifit I see to ereaders, is the ability to read in bed at night, without having a light on keeping your spouse up!
I guess I have to keep using my UMPC for a reader
Posted by: Craig | October 29, 2007 at 10:24 AM
The RSS is via the eNews component of the Mobipocket software on your PC, which you then sync with the Cybook.
I have ordered one of the first batch coming from the French warehouse to me to London England :)
Posted by: Toby Brown | October 29, 2007 at 03:45 PM