GalleyCat and TeleRead enjoyed an exclusive first look at BeBook’s $199 Mini Ebook Reader slated for release June 30, 2009. Read the full article and specs here.
They call it perfect for the businessman to “stuff” in a pocket and journalists on hand found it easy to use. The price is getting into range for mainstream adoption. (I’m thinking the average household will need at least two eBook Readers per…) I’ll predict the $149.00 eBook Reader will be the start of the end for traditional book reading, yah?
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My thinking exactly! €150 would be a reasonable price, though I would be willing to pay €200 for a dedicated reader. I have seen the 6″ Papyre (as the Jinke / Bebook is called here in Spain) at €299 and a 5″ would be so much more portable. The only question is if 5″ is big enough to read A4 PDFs. My Nokia 810 tablet is very good with a4 PDFs but the eInk devices may not have software of the same caliber as the 810. It is still early days. 🙁