Samsung introduces E6 eBook reader

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Posted on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:42

Samsung has entered the electronic book reader market with the announcement of a new eReader device due for "imminent availability" - in the US, at least.

The eReader - which comes as the company signs a deal with US book retailer Barnes & Noble to sell content for the device - will be familiar to anyone who has used an electronic book reader before at first glance: the six-inch 600x800 E-ink display is a staple of the genre.

Upon closer inspection, however, Samsung's entry has some interesting innovations: as well as basic electronic book reading - including support for the popular open ePub format, Adobe's PDF, and plain text files - the eReader comes with the ability to make notes and annotations both via the included stylus and a voice record feature.

The sound is extended to cover text-to-speech, too - allowing the contents of a book to be read aloud, making the machine a boon for the partially sighted or those who like to listen to their books while driving.

While the eReader doesn't share the always-on mobile data connection of rival Amazon's Kindle, it does come with WiFi for purchase and download of content without a PC along with Bluetooth for connection to headsets for wire-free listening.

Samsung claims that the device's 2GB internal memory will be enough to store 1,500 books - or 24,000 pages of handwritten memos - while a microSD card slot allows an extra 16GB of memory to be added later.

The eReader is expected to be available this spring in the US first, at around $299.

Author: Gareth Halfacree

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