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By: Stumbling Over Chaos :: Abs-olutely

Stumbling Over Chaos :: Abs-olutely — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:03:46 +0000

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By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:42:28 +0000

Hmm, now I feel like going down to the bookstore and playing with gadgets. Have you seen the iLiad? If they could just make it for a third of the price…

By: LynneC

LynneC — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:30:32 +0000

It looks as if you’re right. Bebook is the one I was discussing. Cybook Gen 3 has been around for a while, and is usually spoken of as the open source alternative to the Kindle or the Sony reader. The “its” in the first sentence should have been “the” because these devices are about the same price, the same functions and spec and the same technology.

I looked at the mini Bebook, thought ‘cute’ and then looked at the UMPC’s and thought “ooo shiny, me like!” and went out and bought a new high quality screen pda because I knew I needed to assuage my need for new and shiny.

And news just in – A Taiwanese company has bought E Ink, the company that produces the technology for the e-ink devices for $215 million.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:11:05 +0000

I have my eye on the BeBook, but it’s still too pricey at the moment. It’s good, though, that ebook readers have made it to independent bookstores here in Australia.

A question: I’m confused about the Bebook vs the Cybook–are they the same? I thought they were made by different companies, but your post seems to imply that they’re not. No big deal, I just want to keep the brands straight in my head because the BeBook goes by different names here.

I saw a short BeBook video doing a demo of the touch screen interface. Me like.