Viewsonic Unveils Sleek E-Reader Line
PrintDisplay maker Viewsonic has quietly thrown its hat into the ebook reader ring by unveiling the VEB620 and VEB625, a pair of ereaders that have so far been unaccompanied by a press release or any kind of fanfare.
Both models sport a 6-inch E-ink display, 2GB of onboard storage, and an accelerometer so you can view your ebooks in either landscape or portrait mode. Other features include a 3.5mm headset jack, SD card slot, a 0.5W speaker, support for MP3 audio, and support for XML (epub, fb2), HTML (HTML, HTM), PDF, TXT, and RTF.
Viewsonic says you can turn pages by using the left and right buttons or by shaking the ereaders left or right. The slightly taller (10.9 inches vs 9.9 inches) VEB625 adds touch functionality to the mix so you can also use a finger swipe to turn pages, take freehand notes and highlight sections, and peck notes on a virtual keyboard. In addition, the VEB625 integrates Wi-Fi connectivity.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Viewsonic
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violian
April 12, 2010 at 9:48am
Typical Viewsonic - they never advertise anything they make. Did you know Viewsonic also makes set-top media players? Netbooks? Net-tops? Digital photo frames? Yep - people would only know it if they visit their website or if they happen to be a devout Viewonic fan.
Keith E. Whisman
April 12, 2010 at 9:41am
For this kind of work I would rather get an Ipad. That is the only thing that's great about the Ipad. I'd rather get an Ipad for this kind of work unless this thing is sturdier and it probably is because unless it's made from pigeon egg shell like the Ipad is then it is sturdier.
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