Zakhal
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Joined: 1/4/2001 From: Jyväskylä, Finland Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: J P Falcon "But with regards to eBook readers. The Fujitsu reader is already full color " Have the prices come down on them? No way was I going to spend over a $!000 for an e-reader unless it also made my toast in the morning..... Nope I think not. I guess it will be another 6 month before affordable ones will pop up. For whatever reason (no price cuts or lack of availability? Somtimes the japanese just like to keep the rest of the world waiting. ) fujitsu plans to sell only 50,000 towards the end of 2010: quote:
Fujitsu’s Flepia comes in at such a high price point ($1,000 approximately) that its instantly out of the reckoning as a Kindle Killer. There are however some interesting things about it, and there’s a chance that as Fujitsu scale-up they can cut down the price enough to be a threat. Given that eInk screens might not get color until 2011, the Flepia does hold promise. 2. A price of 99,750 Yen that at March 27th’s exchange rate is $1,013.771. So almost exactly triple the price of Kindle 2. 3. Color e-Paper 8-inch display screen capable of showing up to 260,000 colors in high-definition. 4. 768 dots x 1,014 dots (XGA) screen resolution. And it does look impressive – 5. The Flepia’s proprietary epaper technology is developed jointly by Fujitsu Laboratories and Fujitsu Frontech. 6. Up to 40 hours of continuous battery operation when fully charged, and like eInk only requires power to re-draw the screen. 8. Weighs just 385 grams and only 12.5mm thick. 14. They also state that their sales target is to sell 50,000 of these by the end of 2010. Talk about a lack of ambition. http://ireaderreview.com/2009/03/26/fujitsu-flepia-color-ebook-reader/ Its twice heavier than my 6" pocket-book reader but its specs are nice. Not sure if 8" is enough to read multicolumn magz though. I might buy bigger reader one day for those. Perhaps 2011 will be the year of color-readers and 2012 one or two will be available in Finland too. However Im not waiting anymore. Im allready on page 500 on Red Storm Rising.
< Message edited by Zakhal -- 12/19/2009 3:31:46 PM >
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