    
C. E. Winterland
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Post Number:
1439
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 06:58 am: |   |
This has been one of my projects for a while, but yesterday I found a new, Large-Screen PDA with an 8.4" screen.
For anyone interested in reading e-books on a personal device, this is currently the ONLY unit on the market that operates on a Windows operating system and can thereby use non-proprietary e-book formats such as Adobe Acrobat .pdf, Microsoft Reader .lit, and Mobipocket .prc, and possibly even Palm .pdb.
They are currently available in the states only through a company called Convergent Technology (so far as I can tell) at http://www.convergentech.com/detail.aspx?ID=8 and is made by a Taiwanese manufacturer named "MobiNote Technologies, Inc."
The unit, pictured here,
is listed at Convergent Tech at $829.00. Due to the fact that I have not seen this unit ANYWHERE except at this website, I'm thinking they have not yet thought of the possibilities in the E-book reader market (for example, Gemstar expected to sell up to 7 million of their REB readers in 2001 - but shot themselves in the foot with proprietary software).
Just thought I'd put some information up.
CEW |
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