China-based tech firm Hanvon is expected to announce today the first e-reader with color e-ink at this year's FDP International trade show in Tokyo, Japan, PC Mag reported. The Hanvon color e-book is the world's first large-screen high-resolution color e-book. It is one of preferential high-end business and office products. The whole e-book is equal in size to A4 paper. Its screen uses the latest E Ink Triton(TM) screen launched by E Ink Holdings Inc, having a wholly new window-type user interface and an electromagnetic pen + finger touch, making the operation more convenient and smooth. Pricing in China is expected at around $440, and though there are no plans to bring it Stateside just yet, we imagine Hanvon would do so quite willingly if it can reach the volume necessary to offer up a more palatable price. And we'd be very happy if it does, the Nook Color's been looking a little lonely in the color ebook reader room. |
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Nook Color is better for $249
Nook Color is better for reading than iPad and better for everything else than Kindle. Nook Color is better for $249. The Nook Color will not run apps straight out of the Android Market, but that does not mean it cannot run them. In fact, they have done a lot of tests on apps from standard Android smartphones and they pretty much run on Nook Color, which has Android 2.1 under the hood. (The Nook native interface and apps are just standard Android application layers.) Barnes & Noble special Nook SDK runs on top of the standard Android one and gives developers access to exclusive extensions and APIs for the Nook and its interface. So porting Android apps is not difficult. B&N says it is more like optimising them for Nook than porting them. Nook Color screen is supposed to be better (less reflective) for reading than iPad thanks to new LG screen with anti-reflection coating. It allows to watch videos, listen to the music, view Office documents and PDF's. If you prefer e-Ink screen, the original Nook is still available from BN.
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