Portable Ebook Reader

The Astak 5-inch Pocket PRO eBook reader is an inexpensive and compact device produced by a leading provider of customer electronics, Astak Inc. The Astak 5-inch Pocket PRO is set to work with Adobe Digital edition and bring customers a new way to turn their digital pages. The device is very compact sporting 5-inch screen and weighting 6 ounces.

It is a sharp 8-level grayscale E-ink screen with 600 x 800 pixel resolution. On the bottom of the device there is a 3.5mm headset jack and along the top there is the power button, miniUSB port, and SecureDigital card slot. For high speed page turns, Astak Pocket PRO comes with a 400 MHz processor and an internal Epson controller. Along with these, the integrated handy Scrollwheel makes page-turning even smoother.

The device is capable of supporting more than 20 DRM-free formats, including ADE (Adobe Digital Edition), PDF, TXT, PDB, DOC, HTML, FB2, LIT, MP3, EPUB, PRC, WOL, CHM, PPT, TIF, PNG, GIF, RAR, ZIP, DJVU, JPG, and BMP. As collaborating with Adobe Digital Editions, the gadget is powered with Adobe firmware allowing users to read DRM-protected PDF files in addition to public domain titles and copy-protected PDFs.

The manufacturer seems was very serious about users’ reading experience, as it comes packed with PDF reflow and text-to-speech functions. The first feature will make your documents more legible while the second will read them aloud.  With Astak’s 5-inch PRO eBook reader on your hands you won’t ever suffer from eyestrain after hours of reading. While reading to enhance your reading experince the EZ Reader Pocket PRO can also play mp3 music.

The device comes with 512MB of internal storage space, while an SDHC card reader will add up to 16GB of capacity. The EZ pro’s removable 1000 mAh Li-Polymer battery will  deliver up to 8,000 page turns on one full charge. The Astak 5″ EZ Reader Pocket PRO is available in six different colors, including Alpine White, Onyx Black, Slate Blue, Classic Maroon, Powder Pink, and Metallic Purple. The device is now available for preorders and will cost as low as $199 putting it at the small end of eReader continuum.

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Speaking about digital readers, you may have noticed new marketing models for e-books being developed as of 2010 and bringing along new electronic gadgets that take the world by storm. E-readers can enhance the reading experience with their design and form, ease of use, and advanced features. Having the world’s largest e-readers series IRex Technologies pick all the incredible features you’ve come to expect in IRex digital reader.

Coming in the market at the end of the first quarter 2010, the impressive IRex Digital Reader 1000s is the largest, yet thinnest e-reader ever and it is packed with features. The 1000s completely substitutes paper, not only featuring store ebooks and different documents, but also letting you to make your own handwritten notes in your documents. Yes, you are not mistaken; using a conventional pen, you will write on your digital paper as you would on original. Let’s continue see other interesting details that are starting to emerge in IRex’s new reading device.

The 1000s e-book reader is a light as a real book, has a sleek design and easy to hand it everywhere. Dimensions of the 1000s include being only 1.2cm deep and weighing less than 570 grams. As sharp and natural as reading ink on paper, user will enjoy DR1000s digital reader and will be able to get access to the largest online newspaper kiosk offering over 1020 newspaper titles from 81 countries, including The Telegraph, Washington Post, USA Today, Die Welt, NRC Handelsblad, Le Figaro and The Wall Street Journal Europe.

One of the most obvious distinctions you will find on the IRex DR1000s is its huge screen. At 10.2 inches, this e-book offers ideal reading experience almost with any digital document, even A4 or letter-sized documents look great on the IRex digital reader. IRex have integrated Wacom Penabled touch sensor input with stylus. Use its stylus to navigate freely around your digital library, or even to annotate your books and documents and manually enter your notes. Around the edge of the screen you will find also nine capacitive buttons that are dedicated to fingertip use.

A good e-reader starts with a good base- an exceptional operating system. Interestingly, the iLad runs an open Linux operating system, allowing developers to create third party applications for it. Still, the company was serious about that level of functionality, it would surely have provided some enhanced features beyond. The IRex digital reader is a great device for its intended purpose of document management in a fully electronic office. Currently supported formats include PDF, Mobipocket, TXT, HTML JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP and is expected additional formats to be supported in the future. All these file format documents can be directly printed into a readable format on your IRex Digital Reader, allowing you the convenience to always have all your paperwork at hand.

For connectivity 1000s is equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and features a basic browser. The 1000s don’t have wireless access to an ebook store but as noted above, IRex 1000s will have access online newspaper kiosk offering over 1020 newspaper titles from 81 countries. The digital reader comes with 2GB of storage, which should hold around 1,500 books. The battery used is a lithium iod and with software version 1.0 the reader consumes about 150 mA per hour, resulting in about 8 hours of battery life.

The IRex digital reader 1000s finally offers a way for companies and individuals to cut out the billions of pages of printed paper they produce each year. The IRex digital reader 1000s can be a great choice for the business professional, offering great readability for large digital documents, a lightweight design, and connectivity. It does, however, retail for $750 USD.

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Join Technology Limited is Hong Kong based Multinational Development and Manufacturing Company. It products range consist of mini laptops, e-books and mini projectors. Join Tech got famous after releasing world’s cheapest mini laptop J-Pro JL7100 in 2008.

The new JoinTech JE200 e-book reader by the company is the latest addition to Join Tech family and the successor of the JE100 with more features and better performance. Join Tech JE200 is an elegant and slim device with innovative design and exclusive look. The e-reader features 7 inch color TFT LCD with a touch screen.  The slim product is designed with maximum LCD front coverage and no navigation buttons to feel a realistic book.

The color JE 200 e-reader runs on WinCE 5.0 operating System, providing the readers a very fast and more natural reading experience. Windows CE is an operating system developed by Microsoft including variety of features and aspects of Windows CE development. Running on JoinTech400 MHz JTOS Processor the Join Tech JE 200 e-book reader offers fast operating and browsing speeds. The Li-ion 3.7V (1500mA) comes with e-book reader which is compatible with Nokia BP-4L battery for E90/E71 and can deliver 3 to 6 hours. The product allows easy software up-gradation and third-party e-reading software addition making it an ultimate, powerful yet user-friendly color e-reading device.

With JE200 on your hands you are able to download from the internet many software or applications targeting the WinCE OS. Don’t worry about the slider’s memory: the JE 200 is powered by OS storage 128MB which can be supported by SD card support up to 16GB (SDHC).

Just like the JE100 the JE200 comes with a 2 GB MicroSD card.

The JE200 can be ordered from Sales4Online for $299 USD.

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