Cool-er Ebook Reader
By Julian Horsey on Friday 15th May 2009 8:03 am in Gadgets
Cool-er is a new e-book reader from Interead, and from the specifications it looks like it might give the Amazon Kindle some competition.
The Cool-er is set to be released around the end of the month, it will come in a variety of funky colours, and have a similar e-ink technology that is used in the Kindle.
It measures 7.2 inches long, by 4.6 inches wide, by 0.43 thick, and weighs just 6.2 ounces, it features a 6 inch screen with a 170 DPI and 1GB of built in storage, with the option to add up to 4GB via SD Card.
Here are the full specifications.
- Dimensions: 7.2 inches by 4.6 inches by .43 inches (HWD)
- Weight: 6.2 ounces
- Screen size: 6 inches
- DPI: 170 pixels per inch
- Levels of greyscale: 8
- Type: E Ink Vizplex
- Touch screen: No
- Manufacturer: PVI
- Operating system: Linux
- Storage: 1GB
- Memory: 128MB (internal)
- Processor: Samsung S3C2440 ARM 400MHz
- Battery: Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh)
- Battery Life (single charge): 8,000 pages
- Memory Expansion: SD (up to 4GB)
- Wireless: No
- Formats: JPEG, PDF, EPUB, TXT, MP3 (2.5mm headphone jack with a 3.5mm converter included for standard headphones)
- Languages: 8
- Bookstore (titles): more than 750,000
The Cool-er E-book Reader is expected to go on sale at the end of May for around $250.
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May 15th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Drop it down another $50 to $100 and I just might be sold. Loving those colors! I definitely want a green one. ^_^
They kind of look like giant ipod nano’s don’t they?
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May 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
will it ever be available to ship or be here in Manila?! that’s awesome!
May 28th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I think it is cool. I think it would be great for students to use instead of lugging around those heavey text books. With this device, one could just download the textbook to ones computer then upload it to the device. It would keeps students healthier since it is light weight and they would not have to lug around heavy textbooks which hurt their backs. Instead of having to dispose of older text books, one just delete the older ones and upload the new ones. It would save trees since the text books would not have to be printed but be downloaded when ever they are updated. Since it uses E-Ink technology, it would be easier to read and easier on the eyes. Since it is lower price than other e-book readers, it would also be easier on the wallett.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
This is jet another gadget made for right-handed users, without any respect towards lefties.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Even though the Cool-er might give amazon competition, the kindle costumers are loyal ,and real serious readers will want to stick with the original ebook. cool colors though.