The Fujitu's FLEPia is a new e-paper eBook Device that supports a color display. Fujitu called it a mobile terminal which highlights its wireless LAN capability.

Fujitsu FLEPia

• Made by: Fujitsu
• Released: April 20, 2009 (8")
• Predecessor: none
• Languages Supported: Japanese
• File Types Supported: Microsoft Office files, WinCE apps.

Overview

• Thin, lightweight, can carry large amounts of data
  • Lightweight design with a thickness of 12 mm, weighing about 350 g (8-type)
• 4 gigabyte SD memory card (sold separately), Carry an evening newspaper, the morning newspapers, 100 weekly comic books and 5,000 new eBooks with you at all times.
• The built-in high-speed wireless LAN-enabled capability permits downloading while you are on the road.

• 40-hour battery life: When you're away from power you won't need to worry about your battery running down.

• Paper-clear color display
  • 1024 resolution of 768 pixels (XGA), 8 or 4096 color display capable of color, easy-to-read screen.
  • Two types available: Large 12" screen or the more convenient portable 8" size.
• Easy operation
  • Touch screen capable.
  • The buttons can be used as input: scroll key and six function keys provide quick access to functions.
• Environmentally friendly energy-saving design
  • BiStable display (electronic paper display technology) means power is not needed to view the page, only to change pages.
  • Power consumption is negligible as compared to standard LCD screens..

Specifications

• Body size: 158 (W) × 240 (D) × 12 (H) mm, 350g
• Screen size: 123.6mm × 164.8mm (8")
• Device Color: White, Black
• Resolution: 768 × 1,024 pixels (XGA)
• Screen Colors choice: 260,000 colors (3 Scans); 4,096 (2 Scans); 64 colors (1 Scan)
• Page update: 1.8 seconds (1 Scan), 5 seconds (2 Scans), 8 seconds (3 Scans)
• Control panel: Touch panel, scroll / Select key and six Function Keys, power switch
• Built-in wireless
  • LAN: IEEE802.11b/g compliant (11 / 54Mbps)
  • Bluetooth: Ver2.0+EDR
• SD Card: SD memory slots × 1 (optional 1GB / 2GB / 4GB SD memory card)
• USB connector: USB2.0 (480Mbps) mini-B connector × 1
• Voice-enabled: Built-in stereo speakers, headphone jack
• Power capacity: AC adapter for a full charge Hours: 40 hours battery life assuming Display of 2,400 pages/at 1 minute per page/with 64 colors
• Content stored capacity: (4 GB SD card) Evening edition of morning newspapers: 1 year (a day's worth of photos, including 10 MB)
  Weekly comic magazine: 100 minutes two years book (300 pages a book in minutes 35 MB)
  New book: 5000 book (300 book pages per minute, 600 KB)
• Security: 128Bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
• Software: Microsoft® Windows CE5.0 FLEPia applications
• CPU: XScale RISC CPU
• Environment: Operating: temperature 5 ~ 35 ℃, humidity of 20 ~ 85% RH
  Non-operating: Temperature -10 ~ 40 ℃, humidity of 20 ~ 85% RH

History

This product was first announced in 2007 with 8 and 4096 color display. A 12" (184.3mm × 245.7mm), 210 (W) × 304 (D) × 12 (H) mm, 560g was also announced but not yet delivered. See Fujitsu 4096 Color E-Paper for the prototype.

See Also

• English Press Release 2007
• English Press Release 2009

Two e-book viewers included as standard features (XMDF and .book formats)

Two popular e-book viewers widely used on PCs or mobile phones in Japan - “BunkoViewer” (XMDF format; “bunko” refers to “library” in Japanese) and “T-Time” (.book format) are included as standard features. These e-book viewers enable downloaded e-books to be easily read with FLEPia. The e-book viewers offer an enriched reading experience compared to conventional paper-based reading, enabling readers to jump from the table of contents to desired sections and freely enlarge or shrink text or images. A vast number of e-book sites are currently available on the Internet, and a wide range of approximately 20,000 Japanese e-books in either XMDF or .book format can be downloaded with FLEPia.