Feb 18

VTech launches kid-friendly MobiGo handheld gaming system, Flip e-reader

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You may be 32 36, but that’s not to say that the kid in you is long gone. At this week’s Toy Fair in New York City, VTech took a welcome step away from the landline handset department and tried its hand with a few swank toys. Up first is the $59.99 MobiGo (shown after the break), a handheld gaming system designed for minds within humans aged 3 to 7. Seen as a little tike’s GameBoy, the device supports touch inputs and even features a QWERTY keyboard, both of which can be used to fish, color, draw, play on-screen instruments and generally enrich those malleable brain cells. Potentially more interesting, however, is the Flip; described as the planet’s first children’s animated e-reader, this $59.99 device has a 4.3-inch color touchscreen, a built-in dictionary and a QWERTY keyboard. Look out, Kindle!

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VTech launches kid-friendly MobiGo handheld gaming system, Flip e-reader originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 18

Entourage Edge suffers month’s delay, minor price bump

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It was kind of inevitable with all these e-readers competing for attention at CES that some of the manufacturers would overestimate their capabilities and make promises they could not fulfill. One early candidate for the newly inaugurated promise breakers’ club is the dual-screen Entourage Edge, whose February delivery date and $490 price have both been elevated, albeit slightly, to their new values of March and $499. The delay is clearly the most significant change, though we should note the careful wording, which states that “new orders will ship March 2010” and thereby leaves a glimmer of hope for early pre-orderers. The rest of us shouldn’t be too downhearted either, it’s a moderate time to wait, and we can just fantasize that the company’s busy filing away at that splendiferous bezel.

Update: Entourage have gotten in touch to let us know the extra $9 on the price is for the new (as of February 1) inclusion of the Documents To Go software, and pre-orders placed before January 12 will be shipped this month. Candidacy for promise breakers’ club is denied. Better luck next time.

Entourage Edge suffers month’s delay, minor price bump originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 17

iREX DR 800SG e-reader now shipping via BestBuy.com

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Despite being listed on Best Buy’s interweb pages for well over three and a half months, it seems only just now has iREX taken the chance to officially ship its DR 800SG e-reader out to the hungry e-tailer masses. Price is back to being listed at the proper $399.99 tag and given the recent proliferation of e-readers in the market, we can’t blame you if you’re not immediately reaching for your wallet. Press release after the break.

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iREX DR 800SG e-reader now shipping via BestBuy.com originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 17

Samsung’s sliding, handwriting-recognizing SNE-60K e-reader hits South Korea

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Well, here’s one e-reader that won’t have too much trouble standing out from the pack — not only does Samsung’s SNE-60K boast a 6-inch touchscreen with support for handwriting recognition, but it has a fairly unique slider design that hides some of the additional controls (no QWERTY keypad on this one, though). Otherwise, you can expect built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, MP3 support (no word on storage) and, judging from the icons on the screen, at least a few other basic applications. Still no indication of a release over here, but this one is now available at Kyobo Bookstores in South Korea for 429,000 won (or about $375).

Samsung’s sliding, handwriting-recognizing SNE-60K e-reader hits South Korea originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

Bookeen Orizon to ship this May with multitouch Sipix display

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We’re still patiently waiting for Sipix’s color e-paper to hit the commercial realm, but ’til then, we suppose we’ll pretend to be content with the monochrome variety. Bookeen, which obviously has a hard row to hoe in the slam-packed e-reader market, recently announced what appeared to be a relatively ho hum reader in the Orizon. Today, however, we’ve learned that it’ll ship with a multitouch 6-inch Sipix display (800 x 600 resolution), and it’ll be available for purchase this May in the United States and UK. For those who’ve forgotten, it will arrive with WiFi, 2GB of internal memory, Bluetooth, an accelerometer and support for PDF / ePUB formats. Still, if the rumored $250 price point sticks, we sort of doubt those to-be Kindle customers will turn their back on an always-on connection, but hey — if the hackers step it up, this whole multitouch thing could really be enticing.

Bookeen Orizon to ship this May with multitouch Sipix display originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

Energy Sistem debuts Energy Book 2061 e-reader

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Energy Sistem may be best known for its PMPs (and curious spelling choices), but it also recently dipped its toes into the e-reader waters with its Energy Book 1060, and it’s now already followed it up with its new Energy Book 2061. Not exactly any game-changing features here, but you will get a 6-inch Vizplex display, along with 64MB of internal memory (plus an SDHC card slot for expansion), an MP3 player, ePub and PDF support (among other standard formats), and a promised 6,000 page turns on a battery charge. Still no official word on a release over here, but this one should be available in Europe next month for €258, or about $350.

Energy Sistem debuts Energy Book 2061 e-reader originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 14

Notion Ink Adam gets detailed, pictured in its latest form

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The folks from Notion Ink certainly haven’t been shy about showing off their Adam tablet in prototype form, but they unfortunately haven’t been revealing anything more than the most basic specs. That’s now changed with MWC, however, which seems to have made Notion Ink quite a bit more talkative. As we’d heard previously, the Adam is Tegra 2-based with a dual-core ARM CORTEX -A9 processor, and it packs a 10-inch transflective screen with a 1,024 x 600 resolution courtesy of Pixel Qi. Also now confirmed is a swiveling 3-megapixel camera, three USB ports, an HDMI out for full 1080p video, a promised 16 hours of battery life, built-in WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth, and some welcome touches like an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and, of course, an accelerometer. As you can see above, the device has also undergone yet more changes from the last prototype we saw at CES, and you can check out a few more pics (and the rest of the specs) by hitting up the links below.

[Thanks, Prateek and Nasman]

Notion Ink Adam gets detailed, pictured in its latest form originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

How would you change Barnes & Noble’s Nook?

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We know that some of you chaps are still waiting for your Barnes & Noble Nook to arrive, but by now, we’re hoping that the vast majority (read: all) of you that were jonesing for one can finally say that yours is in-hand. For those that got one during the madness that is the holiday rush (or yesterday… that works too), we’re interested to know how you’d do things differently. Are you kosher with the dual-screen approach? Is the user interface smooth enough? Would you tweak the e-book buying process? Do you wish you would’ve held off for some magical Mirasol-based device to hit “later this year?” Be sure to toss out your opinions in comments below, but make sure you think before you type — the Nook sees and hears all, don’tcha know?

How would you change Barnes & Noble’s Nook? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

Brother’s SV-70 e-book reader is a little bit cheaper, still $1,100

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Brother's SV-70 e-book reader is a little bit cheaper, still $1,100

Remember the SV-100B “Document Viewer” from this time last year? It’s okay, we had to look it up too. With its $1,500 MSRP and exclusive release in Japan, it hardly made waves over here. We’re expecting the SV-70 to have a similarly ripple-free reception in the States, since it too probably isn’t coming here, but there’s no telling how Japanese businesspeople will take to it, ditching the Bluetooth module that gave its predecessor a bit of charm, and even the lowly 2GB microSD card that was formerly included on the way to a lower (but still high) $1,100 MSRP. Other specs remain the same, including a relatively expansive 9.7-inch, 1200 x 825 display, 100MB of internal memory, microSD expansion slot, and 83 hours worth of battery life. Why, that’s plenty of time to read even the lengthiest of pseudo-inspirational corporate memos.

Brother’s SV-70 e-book reader is a little bit cheaper, still $1,100 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 04

Samsung E61 e-book reader outed, brings physical QWERTY keyboard to lineup

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The pair of Samsung-borne e-book readers we espied at CES just became a trio. E6 and E101, please give a round of applause your new on-screen brother, the E61 (pictured next to Kindle). What sets this guy apart from the rest is a physical QWERTY keyboard, but otherwise boasts a 6-inch, 600 x 800 resolution screen and all other amenities found in the E6, including a removable battery should you find yourself thousands of pages into a book and no charger in sight. PC Professionale was on hand to get hands on with the device, and we also spotted a touchscreen keyboard on the E101 — nothing to write about, but it’s good seeing just how we’ll be navigating the dictionary when needed. No word on its release date, so for now we’re gonna assume it falls under the same “early 2010” timeframe we heard with the other two.

Samsung E61 e-book reader outed, brings physical QWERTY keyboard to lineup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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