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Paradigm Shift Full Colour Touchscreen eReaders for £125 – CES 2010

by Jay Garrett on December 30, 2009

It looks like the eReader tag is going to get as confusing as the Netbook is.

My understanding was that an eReader was an e-Ink sporting tablet-esque gadget whos main purpose was to save me carting magazines, newspapers and a load of paperbacks around with me.

Is the gadgety thing still an eReader when it has a colour screen for viewing photos and playing YouTube videos and can play MP3s?

Go ask Paradigm Shift!

Paradigm Shift are bringing two of their confusing eReaders to CES next week: The 5 inch EER-051 and 7 inch EER-071WF. Catchy names eh?

The EER-051 is the more eReadery of the two – it comes with 1GB of flash memory and an SD card slot and will do what you’d expect an eReader to do.

The 7 inch EER-071WF ticks along on Windows CE and will be touchscreen-tastic and the WF points to the fact that it’s also Wi-Fi enabled. This is the one that will get you YouTube, chat to friends using E-Buddy and read Microsoft Word, Excel and PDF documents. You get 2GB internal memory and more thanks to the microSD card slot.

Both of these eReaders will play nice with ANSI, Unicode TXT, DOC, PDF, HTML, FB2, PDB and EPUB ebook formats whilst the 071WF adds a few more.

These Paradigm Shift readers will be available in February: The 5 inch EER-051 will cost $150 (white, blue, periwinkle (?!?), pink, black and silver) and the 7 inch EER-071WF (black and white) for $200 (£125).

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Colour e-Book Reader Seeks OEM – Qualcomm Mirasol Display

by Jay Garrett on November 18, 2009

qualcomm-mirasolQualcomm’s Mirasol displays have appeared in mobile phones, Digital Audio Players (DAP) and GPS devices but now it seems that its going to join in on the latest craze.

E-book readers

The full colour, 5.7 inch display touting prototype just needs a friendly, loving and understanding OEM partner to take it home and nurture it – and soon.

That is if it’s to meet Qualcomm’s ambitious target of getting it on the market in the “latter part of 2010.”

Going on looks alone I really can’t see it having any problems with getting lots of love from gadgety readers and then you see the specs….

To start with, that XGA (220ppi) Mirasol display is not only full-colour, but allows for video playback, is supposedly readable in direct sunlight, and reportedly has a “minimal impact” on battery life.

For the full low-down have a look at SlashGear’s piece over here – just a click away :)

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Alex the Android eBook has Two Screens and Smartphone Capabilities

October 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Everyone say hello to Alex the eBook reader.
This lovely, and friendly sounding gadget comes courtesy of Spring Design.
This eBook reader not only has the usual black and white e-Ink screen it has another display that features full colour niceness!
Alex also throws in full web browsing over Wi-Fi and 3G (or EVDO/CDMA in America).
I love the [...]

Interead Cool-er Coming with 3G and Colour Touchscreens

September 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Interead is planning to launch a wireless connected, 3G Cool-er with a colour screen by early next year.
The Cool-er is not only bragging about setting up a colourful screen but it’s also thinking about making that bad boy a touchscreen as well!
Before you dismiss that as being mere bluster may I point out that [...]

Asus Bring Dual-Screened EeeBook EeeReader in Time to Un-Kindle Christmas

September 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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You peoples that catch-up with GadgetyNews right here will remember that dual panel laptop by Asus that was rumoured to become their EeeReader.
In June Asus vice chairman, Jonathan Tsang did say that the company had an Asus eBook device, as well as a games machine “better than the Wii” all ready to go – but [...]

Change Your Mobile Phone Colour at The Press of a Button – chLCD Skins

June 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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D’ya fancy changing the colour of your phone merely at the touch of a button?
Have a gander at the pic – it’s not two different phones but the same changing its colour from purple to blue at the very touch of a button.
It can actually change to eight colours and does so by using an electric [...]

Nintendo DSi on Sale in UK April 3rd!

April 2, 2009 Click to read more →
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The long wait for your Nintendo DSi is almost over people!
Tomorrow, Friday April 3rd, will see the release of the third edition of Nintendo’s handheld console, the DSi.
The gaming machine packs two cameras, one facing inside and one on the outside.
These detect motion, which means you can now control games via hand and head movements, and can also be [...]

Fujitsu FLEPia – Colour Kindle Killer

March 18, 2009 Click to read more →

The UK is still waiting for Amazon’s latest eBook reader but it may already be redundant (if this baby comes over).
The Fujitsu FLEPia is Japan only and isn’t actually planned to be released in the UK – at the moment.
If it is released globally I can imagine a few worried faces in Amazon as the FLEPia [...]

LEGO Brings Out Mindstorms NXT 2.0

January 28, 2009 Click to read more →

Lego has announced that there is to be an update to its rather fabby Lego Mindstorms set this year – a mere trio of years since the last version graced robot clubs around the world.
So, what does NXT 2.0 bring?
Well, there’s the Colour sensor that can be used to let the robot you build [...]

MCH CS-one Media Box Touch – A Reason To Buy British?

January 16, 2009 Click to read more →

A British media player that’s good enough to taunt the likes of  ‘iPod‘, ‘Walkman’ or ‘Zune‘?
Hello MCH CS-one Media Box Touch!
This touchscreen media player from Hertfordshire has touch sense buttons and 18 hours of continuous video playback on a full charge – so, that means even longer playback when rockin those MP3’s!
The ever-groovy accelerometer means switching from portrait to [...]

USB Chameleon – Matches Your Screen

November 1, 2008 Click to read more →

I came across this and actually thought it was pretty cool in a Chameleonic “WASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssup” kinda way.
The neat thing about this USB powered pet is not that it looks like a real chameleon – oh no…………..
It’s the fact that it actually changes colour as your screen changes.
So, if you fancy bringing a little more colour [...]

HTC Diamond To Come in Rainbow Array

October 6, 2008 Click to read more →

Wanting more colour options for your HTC Diamond?
Well time to dust of those phrase books out as France will get the bon chance to pick up the Diamond in one of seven colours: White, blue, brown, fuchsia, yellow, purple or rose.
I can see a few people nipping over La Manche as this is probably the only way [...]

Put Some Colours On iPhone 3G – Colorware

August 6, 2008 Click to read more →

If you’re not familiar with the name ”Colorware” they’re the people who will take pretty much any gadget and customise it with more creative hues.
So, if the monochrome pallet of the iPhone doesn’t match your flamboyant choice of clothing – who you gonna call?
For $150, Colorware will give you that burst of colour on the back and for [...]

Atom Based Mini Chocolate For Your Desktop

July 24, 2008 Click to read more →

There has been a slew of Atom-based laptops but not so many desktops.
But here is the “Mini Chocolate” desktop from the Korean brand, Ripple.
Packing the 1.6GHz Atom processor into its Mini-ITX form it also sports up to 2GB of RAM, four USB ports, two SATA sockets, and a single IDE socket – it even has room [...]

Colourful Silicone For iPhone 3G

July 18, 2008 Click to read more →

Fancy brightening up your new iPhone 3G?
Black and white shouldn’t be your only choice!
For the princely sum fo £6.51 you can grab yourselves one of these silicone covers from More-Thing.
Oh, and it will also prevent your new toy getting all scratched up :0)

The Colour of Rolly

March 31, 2008 Click to read more →

Sony is going to release a black Rolly music player into the wild.
Their big surprise was usurped by the FCC just last week. 
You’ll also be able to customise your Rolly with a selection of colourful end-caps at a cost of ¥1,500 (about £8) per set.
If you’re still confused about the need for a roving speaker, then the Japanese release date of April [...]