Sovos announces full-colour E-Reader+

Posted on 27 Apr 2010 at 10:24

UK-based manufacturer Sovos has announced a new electronic book reader, the SVEBK5B E-Reader+, due for launch in June.

The 5in device, eschews the more traditional e-ink display for an LCD, which allows full-colour images - although the screen will be harder to read in direct sunlight, and limits the device to seven hours reading time.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the device is its ability to play back videos, with audio provided either via the integral speaker or a standard 3.5mm headphone jack - although the company is vague on the formats supported.

Thankfully, the e-book formats supported are more comprehensively detailed: with support for the popular ePub format along with PDF, plain text, HTML, FB2, and PDB most content should be covered - sadly, Sovos hasn't detailed whether DRM-locked files will be supported.

The E-Reader+ is set to include 1GB of integral storage, plus an SD slot for expansion, and a USB port to transfer data to the device - unlike rivals including Amazon's Kindle, there is no wireless data connection option.

The Sovos SVEBK5B E-Reader+ is due to launch in the UK on the 1st of June for £149.99, although some sites including Play.com are taking pre-orders at a more reasonable £99.99.

Author: Gareth Halfacree

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User comments

Update

I have just contacted Sovos and they have confirmed that the SVEBK5 wil FULLY support DRM locked files and there is also support for MP4, MPEG2 and Divx movie files.

By Tech10 on 18 Jun 2010

fully support DRM locked files

Does this mean that books in adobe digital reader format will be readable on it .My library allows lending of ebooks but my elonex 511eb won't let me read the even though it has Adobe digital editions installed by manufacturer?

By bertlouis on 27 Aug 2010

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