Alex

From MobileRead

Alex is an eBook Reader from Spring Design. It features an E-Ink screen and a LCD screen.

[edit] Overview

Alex is the first Google Android-based e-book device to provide full Internet browsing over Wi-Fi or mobile networks such as 3G, EVDO/CDMA and GSM. Alex brings together the efficiency of an EPD display with the responsiveness and richness of navigational convenience of the LCD screen. Its removable SD card gives users extensive storage, allowing them to expand their text with multimedia "add on" editions.

Alex dynamically transforms the reader’s experience with images, videos and notes inserted as 'Web grabs' or with custom text created by the user or other secondary authors pertaining to the subject being displayed. Users can create their own images and notes and capture them to augment the original text or just dynamically grab relevant content with Link Notes™, Alex’s innovative multimedia authoring tool to enhance multimedia publishing.

[edit] Features

• web browser in the bottom screen, with print to E Ink screen, which can be done from cached copies.
• access to the android marketplace
• ability to download epubs from the internet (for example google books!)
• advanced navigation screen

[edit] Specifications

• Screen: 6" E-Ink EPD display and 3.5" color LCD display
• Audio: Earphones and Speakers
• CPU: Marvell Armada 166E
• Expansion: SD card
• OS: Android