Read PDFs like a book with the Cybook Gen3 E Ink
The Bookeen website is now selling the Cybook Gen3 E Ink reader for $350. For this you will receive an e-book reader that not only handles Mobipocket formats (DRM and non-DRM) but also many open formats such as HTML, TXT, PRC, Palmdoc and PDF. All these formats can easily be found on the internet or produced by standard PC software. It can resize text in all these formats except PDF which it can zoom.
If you spend another $100 you get a leather cover worth $39.95, a 2GB storage card ($24.95), earphones ($9.95) and an extra battery ($44.95). Worth a total of $119.80.
Here’s what Bookeen’s website says about the Cybook:
Readability: the ePaper effect
Ever heard of ePaper technology? Discover why reading on a Cybook is so much like reading a book.Mobility: the neverending battery
The Cybook is very thin and light, however it offers an amazing battery life. Read the full story.More than a book
Can we do better than the brave old Gutenberg interface? See what the Cybook software brings to your reading experience.Huge catalogue
You want to choose your books from a vast catalogue present in several retailer web shops. Check how it is possible on the Cybook.
Here come the specs:
- Size:
- 4.7″ x 7.4″ x 0.3″, 118 x 188 x 8.5 mm
- Weight: 6.13 ounces -174 g battery included
- Screen:
- 6″ E Ink® Vizplex screen [4.8"x3.6"- 122mmx91mm]
- 600×800 pixels
- 166 dpi B&W
- 4 grayscale
- Daylight readable
- No backlight
- Portrait and landscape mode
- Operating System: Embedded Linux
- Software suite: Bookeen® Multi-format eBook reader
- Supported image formats: JPG, GIF, PNG
- Supported sound format: MP3
- Battery:
- Rechargeable built-in Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh) 8,000 screen refresh battery life
- Processor: Samsung® S3C2410 ARM920T 200MHz
- ROM memory: 8 MB
- RAM memory: 16 MB
- Storage memory: 64 MB
- Connectivity: USB Client (v2.0) - Mini USB B connector
