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Fujitsu melts faces and wallets with FLEPia, the first color e-book for general consumption
Engadget —
... the unit can be operated by its touchscreen or the assortment of function buttons. Naturally you can do the regular e-book thing, but the Japanese version of the device also includes full-on Windows CE 5.0, which would probably be a bit of a chore to use with the relatively slow screen refresh times of e-ink (1.8 seconds for a single wipe), but undeniably retrofuturistic. FLEPia ships on April 20th in Japan for 99,750 Yen (about $1,010 US). [Via Engadget Japanese] Read - English press release Read - Videos of FLEPia in action Filed under: ...
Fujitsu FLEPia eBook reader hits the market
T3.com All —
... wrong on that front. Other features include Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, an SD slot capable of holding 4GB of data, file compatibility that covers everything from Words docs to images and best of all, a strong battery life - up to 40 hours of continuous use says Fujitsu. The FLEPia is available to pre-order in Japan right now for the equivalent of 720. Yes, you did read that right. Until Fujitsu gets that bit right, I suspect we'll all be more than happy with monochrome. Link: Fujitsu (via ...
FLEPia: Fujitsu’s “Kindle killer” gets a release date and high price in Japan
CrunchGear —
... Today, half a year later, Fujitsu announced the release date in Japan and price for the device (press release in English). And it turns out to be a very expensive piece of hardware. ...
Fujitsu FLEPia color e-book hits Japan next month
SlashGear —
... earlier on in the year, Fujitsu has finally put its FLEPia color e-book reader on sale. The FLEPia has an 8-inch XGA-resolution 260,000 color display, paired with both WiFi b/g and Bluetooth connectivity, and a casing just 12.5mm deep at its thickest. ...
World's First Color E-Book Reader Goes on Sale
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Press release [Fujitsu] ...
Fujitsu FLEPia Color eBook Reader ships for $1,000
I4U News —
... ). A Japanese version of the FLEPia comes Windows CE 5.0 installed besides the eBook reader software. The price in Japan for the FLEPia is 99,750 Yen (~$1,000). More details on the Fujitsu Frontech site . Via ...
Fujitsu FLEPia - the First Color E-Book
iTech News Net —
... two e-book viewers, the BunkoViewer for XMDF format and the T-Time for .book format. This color e-book is energy efficient offering up to 40 hours of continoues operation when fully charged. It’s really slim and lightweight at just 12.5mm thick and weighs just 385g.
Fujitsu FLEPia will be released in Japan in 20 April for 99,750 Yen. It will come in White or Black. Optional Book cover and storage case will also be launched for 5800 Yen and 5500 Yen respectively.
[fujitsu] via [engadget japanese] ...
Fujitsu Flepia is slow, expensive, but heralds a color e-paper age
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... Fujitsu is set to sell its own Kindle-like e-book reader in Japan, with one critical difference from Amazon's offering: the new heart of the new Flepia reader is an 8-inch, 1,024 by 768 pixel touch screen...in color. ...
5Words for March 18th, 2009
Technologizer —
... Here’s what I’m reading this morning:
Google Chrome: In beta! Again!
Big Blue to buy Sun?
Palm Pre vs. iPhone.
Jailbreakers dive into iPhone 3.0.
Fujitsu sells a color e-reader.
More hot water for Kindle.
Watch your mouth on Twitter.
Privacy group wants Google investigated.
McCain Twitter interview: kinda lame.
A $132 PC, sort of.
Psystar introduces another Mac clone.
Early TV digital transition ...
Fujitsu Stabs At Kindle Market
WebProNews Feed —
... At first glance it looks like a Kindle killer. Fujitsu took the veil off of FLEPia today, an e-book reader that shows 260,000 colors in full sunlight, and that works as a digital picture frame. ...
Fujitsu’s Color E-book Reader: Mobile Computer Form Factor of the Future? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... Folks are understandably excited over the news of the new color e-book device out of Fujitsu called FLEPia. The 385-gram device will undoubtedly be compared to Amazon’s Kindle unit, and while it might fall short in some areas, it’s actually on par or better in many others. Like the Kindle, it uses a low-powered display technology and offers connectivity so you can purchase content directly. Unlike Amazon’s use of Sprint’s 3G network, the FLEPia relies on 802.11b/g WiFi, but adds Bluetooth as well. Instead of the ...
Fujitsu to ship FLEPia, world's first color e-book reader, next month
DVICE Atom Feed —
... Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity (but no 3G like the Kindle), and an SD card slot that'll let you store 5,000 e-books.
The color e-paper screen was designed by Fujitsu, and the company says the tech has improved since early samples were demonstrated, with higher contrast and faster redraws. This "mobile terminal," as Fujitsu calls it, is off to an auspicious start, perhaps with enough mojo to goose Amazon into creating a color Kindle for its next reader.
Fujitsu, via Crave
Color e-book reader released from Fujitsu: Said to be world’s first
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... the online bookstore Papyless." Proprietary mischief at work here? Other details from the blog:
Curiously, the Flepia seems to be a kind of tablet/e-book hybrid. Along with the book reading software, the device comes loaded with Windows CE 5, meaning support for e-mail, spreadsheets, web browsing and the like. If you view this as a low powered, long life computer instead of a color e-book reader, it starts to look less expensive…
A Fujitsu press release says:
Compared to the FLEPia commercial samples which ...
Watch out, Kindle: Fujitsu launches color, touch, 4 gig eBook
The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog —
... "As the only color e-paper mobile terminal commercially available, FLEPia offers a convenient, paper-free and eco-conscious enriched innovative mobile reading experience to users,'' the release said. ...
E-Book Reader Roundup: Samsung's Papyrus Joins the Crowd
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Even better, it comes with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support. Other features include storage via a 4GB SD
card, touchscreen and a stylus. Right now the FLEPia is on sale only in Japan with shipping scheduled to begin starting April 20. Japanese FLEPia users can purchase e-books from the largest e-book online retailer in
the country, says the company. ...
Newsplastic: Electronic ink + flexible screens + wireless
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... video of Plastic Logic's flexible screen is almost 3 years old.
This video of a Sony plastic color TV screen is 2 years old:
Also from 2007 is the following demo of a cellular device that contains an actual folding screen:
A few weeks ago, Fujitsu released the first color e-reader too. Put the pieces together and you have enough technology to build ...
Large Format Kindle: This Week?
dailywireless.org —
... Manhattan.
Amazon is one of several players with plans for a new, large-format device that’s supposedly optimized for newspapers and magazines. News Corp has said it’s interested, and fellow publisher Hearst is already working on its own.
Here’s a list of other large format ebook readers:
iRex Technologies, a Dutch company that is already producing a line of Kindle rivals under the “Iliad” brand.
Fujitsu is selling an e-reader with color e-paper
Bridgestone also has a color ...
