Here we go. I think it’s a horserace. I’d put Kobo’s $150 eBook Reader first out of the gates but Pioneer Computers didn’t waste any time getting their DreamBook Color eBook Reader W95 into the race.
Their machine offers a 5-inch TFT (LCD Display) screen with a native resolution of 800 x 480. It offers a portrait and landscape mode, supports eBook formats (EPUB, PDB, TXT, PDF, HTML and FB2), the photo formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP), video (MOV, MPEG, MPG, WMV, RM, AVI, RMVB, 3GP, FLV, MP4, DAT, VOB and MKV) and music (MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, AAC, OGG).
Read the announcement here at smarthouse.com.au.
This is where price and multifunction delivery begin to bottleneck. It’s offering a lot on a fairly small screen, but the price will make it a perfect first adoption for the curious mainstream. And it satisfies the color, video and music fix for many who want all the bells and whistles.
