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6" Dedicated e-paper eBook Devices To see this in Column mode see: full eBook Reader Matrix which may be more current than this page.

Brandname Model Manufacturer Picture Dimensions Weight Screen Technology Screen Size Gray Levels Controller Touch Screen Full-screen Refresh Rate Power Battery Life OS Boot Time SDK CPU Memory Expansion Slots Other Interfaces Supported Formats Supported DRM Formats Font Sizes Folder Navigation Search functionality, Dictionary lookup Note taking, highlighting, underlining Text to Speech PDF Capabilities Software Services Content Partners Price Release Date Misc Info Brandname
eGriver IDEO eGriver eReaders Condor Technology Associates
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184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.74" × .39") 200g (7.05oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no 0.7s Li-ion 900mAh 7'000 pages Linux 2.6 10s yes Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) 64MB RAM, Internal 64M NAND Flash, 1GB SD Card included SD/MMC up to 8GB Micro USB 2.0 (charging), headphone PDF, EPUB, TXT,CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 3-9 Yes yes no yes (optional) Full Page; Landscape; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Text to Speech; Adobe Digital Editions None None US$250 2010 - On Sale A similar product is eGriver Octa - A 6" diagonal E-Ink reader with Wi-Fi and Web Browser eGriver IDEO
eGriver Touch eGriver eReaders Condor Technology Associates
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184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.74" × .39") 200g (7.05oz) SiPix (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Sipix/AUO Screen controller yes 0.5s Li-ion 1530mAh 10'000 pages Linux 2.6 35s no(at present) Samsung® S3C2416 (ARM926EJ-S core, 400MHz) 128MB RAM, Internal 2GB NAND Flash, 1GB SD Card included microSD/SDHC up to 16GB Micro USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, WiFi/3G, Built-in Speaker PDF, EPUB, TXT,CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 3-9 Yes yes yes yes (optional) Full Page; Landscape; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Text to Speech; Adobe Digital Editions None None US$300 2010 August none eGriver Touch
V3 HanLin eBook Jinke Electronics
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184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.74" × .39") 200g (7.05oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 4 Apollo (PVI6001A) no 0.9s Li-ion 950mAh (Nokia Phone battery) 9'000 pages Linux 16s yes Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) 32MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash, 512MB SD Card included SD/MMC up to 4GB USB 1.1 (charging), headphone PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP Wolf and MobiPocket or Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 3-9 Yes search no no Full Page; Landscape; (XPDF: Autocrop Margins); Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Adobe Digital Editions, WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer iStation, ReadMan ? US$239 2007 Q3 Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000.

Sold under other names worldwide: lBook V3, DigiBook Reader V3, Apollo-Hanlin V3, Walkbook, Papyre 6.1, BEBOOK One, Astak EZ Reader Basic, Kolibri V3, ECO Reader.

V3 supported by open source e-reader firmware Openinkpot

V3
V3+ HanLin eBook Jinke Electronics
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184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.74" × .39") 200g (7.05oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no ? Li-ion 950mAh (Nokia Phone battery) ? Linux ? yes Samsung 2416 (ARM9, 400MHz) 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash SD/SDHC up to 16GB USB 2.0 (charging), headphone PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 3-9 Yes search No yes (optional) Full Page; Landscape; (XPDF: Autocrop Margins); Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text to Speech; Adobe Digital Editions, WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer iStation, ReadMan ? US$239 / 269€ 2010 March Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000. Sold under other names worldwide: Papyre 6.1 SE (Spain), Astak EZ Reader Plus V3+
A6 (unreleased) HanLin eBook Jinke Electronics
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185 × 125 × 11 mm (7.3"×4.9"×.43") 290g (10.23oz) SiPix (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Sipix/AUO Screen controller yes ? Li-Polymer 1500mAh ? Linux 2.6 ? ? Samsung Arm9 (ARM9, 400MHz) 128MB RAM, 2MB NOR Flash, 2GB NAND Flash SD/SDHC/MMC up to 16GB USB 2.0 PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, FB2, PPT, DJVU, DOC, HTML, BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, MP3 Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) ? Yes yes using touchscreen yes ? Adobe Digital Editions, WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer ? ? US$265-275 2010 August Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000. Introduced at CES 2010. A6
Touch Edition PRS-600 Sony Portable Reader Sony
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175 x 122 x 9.7 mm (6.9" x 4.8" x .4") 285g (10.1oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) yes (finger or stylus) 0.37s (fast mode) Li-ion 7'500 pages Linux 2.6.23 15s no Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) 128MB RAM, 512MB(NAND) Flash (~420MB user accessible) MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo USB 2.0, headphone BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 5 No (collections) built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen using touchscreen no Full Page; Landscape; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions Sony CONNECT Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch US$299 2009 August 25 Company has been selling e-book devices since 2004 Touch Edition
Kindle 2 Amazon Kindle Hon Hai Precision Industries
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203 x 135 x 9 mm (8" x 5.3" x .36") 289g (10.2oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no 0.9s Li-ion 1530mAh with EVDO: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks" Linux 2.6.22 ? no Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) none USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, EVDO/CDMA Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF (non DRM), TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3; AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only) 6 No search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using 5-way using keyboard and 5-way yes Full Page; Landscape Autocrop; Text Search; NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader Amazon Kindle Whispernet. Sync Kindle ebooks across multiple devices. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF Amazon US$259 2009 Feb 09 Ordering began Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers.

Internationally available as of October 2009.

Annotations stored in plain text files.

Kindle 2
Cybook Gen3 Bookeen Netronix
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188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") 174g (6.13oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 4 v1, v2, v3: PVI6001A (Apollo)
GoldEdition: Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521)
no 0.7s (~0.1s in fast page turn) Li-Polymer 1000mAh 8'000 pages Linux 2.6.18 15-20s ? V1, V2: Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz)
V3, GoldEdition: Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
V1: 16MB RAM, 64MB Flash
V2: 16MB RAM, 512 Flash
V3: 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash
GoldEdition: ??MB RAM, 1GB Flash
SD/SDHC USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo Mobi firmware: OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF (non DRM), PRC/MOBI, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
ePub firmware: ePub, OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
Mobi Firmware: MobiPocket
ePub Firmware: Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
12 No MOBI dictionaries using D-pad Mobi Firmware only! bookmark menu ? Full Page; Landscape; Manual Crop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Bookeen® Multi-format eBook reader: BooReader ? MobiPocket, Ubibooks, Cluster21 US$350 / 280€ / £225 2007 Oct 28 Ordering began Sold directly by Bookeen, by BooksOnBoard.com in the US & Canada, and via wholesalers.

3rd generation Cybook (1st with E Ink).

The original hardware was an EB-001, like the STAReBOOK STK-101, with 16MB of memory and a 200MHz CPU. It is now an EB-600, like the Pocketbook 301 plus, Astak Mentor Lite, COOL-ER Classic and Elonex 600EB. The Gold Edition adds the Epson Broadsheet controller and 8 grey levels. The software is from Bookeen. The Gold drops MOBI and dictionary support and adds Adobe Digital Editions (DRMed PDF and ePub).

Cybook Gen3
Cool-er Classic COOL-ER Netronix
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188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") 174g (6.13oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no ? Li-Polymer 1000mAh 7'000 pages Linux 2.6.18 30s no Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash SD up to 4GB USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG AND MP3 Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 8 Yes no bookmark menu no ? Adobe Digital Editions ? Cooler Books US$249 2009 July 7 Other brand names for the Netronix EB-600 with Netronix standard software include iLiber, Inves-Book 600 and Elonex 600EB (sold by Borders UK). The Astak Mentor Lite 2 and Viewsonic VEB612 are similar, but with an Epson Broadsheet controller and 8 grey levels. Cool-er Classic
Kobo eReader Kobo Netronix
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184 × 120 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.7" × .4") 200g (7.05oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no ? Li-Polymer 1000mAh? 8'000 pages Linux 2.6.18? ? ? Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) ?MB RAM, 1GB Flash SD up to 4GB USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth PDF, EPUB Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 5 No ? ? no Full Page; Landscape; Fixed Zoom; Adobe Digital Editions Sync Kobo ebooks across multiple devices Kobo Books US$149 2010 May (Canada), 2010 Summer (US) Hardware is an EB-600 variant. Software by Kobo. Kobo eReader
301 Plus Pocketbook Netronix
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188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") 174g (6.13oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 4 PVI6001A (Apollo) no 0.6s Li-Polymer 1000mAh 8'000 pages Linux 2.6.18 9s yes Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash SD/SDHC USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 20 Yes yes Yes no Full Page Continuous; Landscape Continuous; Two Column; Manual Crop Margins; Autocrop Margins; Single Page Reflow; Zoom Images in Reflow (?); Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; Adobe Digital Editions, PocketBook News Reader, 3d party applications (open API) ? ? US$360 2008 October (June, 2009) Hardware is an EB-600, like the Bookeen Cybook Gen3, COOL-ER Classic and Elonex 600EB. Software by Pocketbook. Software package containing calendar, notepad, calculator and some games. 301 Plus
302 Pocketbook Netronix
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190 x 131 x 13 mm (7.5" × 5.2" × .5") 280g (9.9oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) yes (finger or stylus) ? Li-Polymer 2050mAh 16'000 pages Linux 2.6.18 ? yes Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash MicroSD/SDHC, USB Host USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, Bluetooth, WiFi FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)? 20 Yes yes yes no Full Page Continuous; Landscape Continuous; Two Column; Manual Crop Margins; Autocrop Margins; Single Page Reflow; Zoom Images in Reflow (?); Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; Adobe Digital Editions, PocketBook News Reader, 3d party applications (open API) ? ? 295€ 2010 March Hardware is a standard Netronix design, and will be available from other vendors. Software by Pocketbook. Software package containing calendar, notepad, calculator and some games. 302
Viewsonic VEB620,
VEB625
ViewSonic Netronix
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188 x 126 x 11 mm (7.4" x 4.9" x .45") 258g (9.1oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) 520: no
525: yes (finger or stylus)
? Li-Polymer ? 6'500 pages Linux ? no ? ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash (1.5GB user accessible) SD/SDHC USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo,
625: WiFi
PDF, ePub, FB2, HTML, RTF, TXT, MP3 Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 5 No? search ? no ? ? ? ? 620: £175
625:£205
2010 April (Europe) VEB620 and VEB625 (currently Europe only) are similar except for 625's touch screen and WiFi. VEB612 (US only) is similar to COOL-ER Classic Viewsonic VEB620
txtr reader (unreleased) txtr reader txtr GmbH
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151 × 131 × 12 mm (5.0" × 5.75" × .3") 300g (10.5oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no < 1 s Li-Ion 2500mAh ? Linux ? API yes Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) 64MB RAM MicroSD/SDHC - 8GB microSD included USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, 3G/GPRS PDF, EPUB, HTML, RTF, Powerpoint Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) ? ? dictionary and search using creative keyboard input ? no ? Adobe Digital Editions Book purchase online portal txtr.com 299€ ? capacitive slider controls. orientation sensor integrated txtr reader
NUUT2 NUUTbook Neolux Corporation
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178 × 137 × 19 mm (7.0" × 5.4" × .75") 298g (10.5oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) no ? Li-Polymer 1250mAh 7'000 pages Linux ? ? ARM compatible (300MHz) ?MB RAM, 1GB Flash (512MB user accessible) SD/SDHC, USB host USB 2.0 (charging), 24-pin cell charger, 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, PDF, EPUB, TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, WAV Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) ? ? no ? no ? Adobe Digital Editions Newspaper download via WiFi ? KRW 299,000 2009 June (Korea) Separate indicator bar shows: Battery, Loading status, USB, Audio volume levels. Company's 1st reader, the NUUT NP-601 was based on the Netronix EB-100 and released in 2007. The NUUT2 is an in-house design. Will be sold in Europe by ROYAL-LINE AB. NUUT2
iriver Story iriver iriver
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203.5 × 127 × 9.4 mm (8" × 5" × .4") 284g (10oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 ? no ? Li-Polymer 1800mAh 7'000 pages, 20h Audio Linux ? ? ARM11 (533MHz) ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash SD/SDHC mini USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, microphone PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOC, PPT, XLS, JPG, BMP, GIF, MP3, WMA, OGG, CBZ, Djvu(firmware 1.71), HWP Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 3 ? library search: yes / inside ebook search: no / dictionary: no separate notes application / no highlighting no Full page; Square Crop View; Reflow; Adobe Digital Editions ? Book2 (korean), Yes24 (korean), Kyobo (korean), and more Adobe drm support sites. 279€ 2009 September (Korea) / November, 2009 (EU-Germany) Also sold under different names in some markets iriver Story
Boox 60
Bebook Neo
Onyx Onyx
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196 x 121 x 10.5 mm (7.7” x 4.7” x .4”) 284g (10oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 (16 soon) Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) yes (Wacom) 0.3s Li-Polymer 1600mAh 8'000 pages Linux 23s yes Freescale i.MX35 (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) 128MB RAM, 512MB Flash SD/SDHC, USB OTG USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2, TXT, PDB, HTML, CHM, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 5 Yes Yes using touchscreen no Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Adobe Digital Editions ? ? $349 2009 October Comic Viewer (JPG, BMP and GIF in ZIP Container, Calendar), Education and Wifi-Versions later this year Boox 60
Nook Barnes and Noble Barnes & Noble
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196 x 126 x 13 mm (7.7" x 4.9" x .5") 343g (12.1oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 16 Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) Separate color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 144 pixels ? Li-Polymer 1530mAh up to 10 days with wireless off Android 1.5, Linux 2.6.27 ? ? Samsung S3C6410 (ARM1176JZF-S core, 667MHz) ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash MicroSD/SDHC Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS PDF, EPUB, eReader, PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 eReader (EPUB/eReader), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) 5 No search using touchscreen keyboard, built-in dictionary using color touchscreen no Full Page; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Adobe Digital Editions 3G via AT&T B&N eBooks $259 2009 November 30 US only, free WiFi in B&N stores, digital lending. B&N pays for the wireless connectivity for Nook so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers. Nook
Alex Spring Design Spring Design
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225 x 120 x 14 mm (8.9" x 4.7" x .5") 310g (11oz) E Ink Vizplex (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi 8 (16 capable) Marvell Soft EPD Controller Separate color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 320 pixels 0.3s Li-Polymer 1530mAh 7'500 pages, 6hrs media playback Android 1.5 ? ? Marvell Monahan PXA303 (Xscale core, 624MHz) 256MB DRAM, 2 GB Flash MicroSD/SDHC Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo, WiFi PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, MIDI, WAV, MPEG2/4, 3GPP, Flash Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) ? ? search using touchscreen keyboard, ?built-in dictionary? using color touchscreen no? ? Adobe Digital Editions ? [1] $399 / 449€ 2010 March Browse the entire Web, send and receive emails, play mp4 or flash apps, built-in MP3 media player, Annotate or record comments, connect free using Wifi,built-in bookmarking and speaker. Sold under other names worldwide: Papyre 6.S Alex (Spain) Alex
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