ebook readers galore in Japan

By James Kendrick | Wednesday, October 4, 2006 | 9:04 AM CT | 5 comments | Tweet This

It seems the theme of the CEATEC in Japan this week is ebook readers, with interesting readers appearing from Panasonic and Fujitsu. The Panasonic Word Gear is a nicely designed ebook reader with a 5.6" touch-screen, making it a good size for portability. The Word Gear screen runs at 1024 x 600 which should provide nice clear text for producing a good reading experience.

Fujitsu was demonstrating a concept ebook reader based on the E-ink technology that weighed only 177 grams (just over 6 ounces).

On a down note the Sony Portable Reader that many have been waiting for has been delayed once again until the middle of November.

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Comments (5)

The SonyStyle store down the road from me has 3 of them!

Stu Gisburne — 5:46 AM on October 4, 2006 Reply
James, Sony didn’t delay it, they ran out.

If you can’t find one in a Sony/Border’s, ordering one on the Sony direct web site will get it delivered to you in mid-November.

Scotty — 7:39 AM on October 4, 2006 Reply
We’ve got a bunch of these readers in our SonyStyle store. Nice, but feels a little sluggish in my opinion.

Raphael Salgado — 3:23 AM on October 5, 2006 Reply
I still don’t like the idea that these things don’t support DRM PDF’s. I have purchased ebooks from ebooks.com and barnes and nobel and would like to read them on the Sony reader. I really don’t want to be locked in to only the Sony Connect Library.

Stu Gisburne — 3:46 AM on October 5, 2006 Reply
Actually, I dusted off my old HP TC1100 and it makes a great (although bigger than the Sony) ebook reader.

Stu Gisburne — 3:50 AM on October 5, 2006 Reply