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January 2010 A new star is born: the BeBook Neo World's first WiFi ereader with access to eBook stores worldwide.
Endless Ideas, specialists in eReader technology, today launches its exciting new eBook reader the BeBook Neo.
After our successful models 'BeBook One' and the pocket sized 'BeBook Mini' we collected suggestions from our customers and packed them into a new attractive eReader. The BeBook Neo is using the latest patented ePaper E Ink technology for an amazing reading experience. Read anything, anytime, anywhere. The powerful processor offers unparalleled reading and browsing speeds. BeBook Neo’s powerful battery allows up to 7000 page turns on a full charge.
Unique features.
- Easy eBook store access: Simply go to the Neo eBook portal and a world map will appear. Just click on your country and you will see a clear overview of third party eBook stores. The best part is that YOU decide where YOU want to purchase eBooks.
- Connect to the Internet through WIFI. Besides shopping for eBooks online, you can access Google and Wikipedia on the go.
- The BeBook Neo is the fastest eReader currently on the market. Offering up to 2,5 times faster browsing and operating speeds, due to its powerful Freescale processor.
- The Neo features the latest WACOM touch panel technology, which provides a very fast and more natural reading experience. The touch screen allows you to use your BeBook Neo for sketching, annotations and text mark-up: ideal for educational and business purposes.
- The open architecture of the BeBook Neo makes it possible to expand its capabilities. Keep an eye on www.bebook.net.au for firmware updates. We have some very cool features planned for the near future.
Popular file formats. Just like our previous models most popular file formats can be read, including 'ePub' and 'PDF' (both with and without Adobe DRM), txt and even popular picture file formats, like JPG, are included.
The BeBook Neo is available for pre-order on www.bebook.net.au.
New model BeBook on the horizon.
Dutch company Endless Ideas is proud to announce a new model of the BeBook eReader.
The product will be shown at the Cebit Consumer Electronics fair in Hannover on the 6th of March 2009, and the Paris Book Fair (Salon du Livre, Paris France 13th - 18th of March)
The new model BeBook, is a complete redesign.
Features will include :
Wireless connectivity through one ore more platforms or protocols. (3G and/or WIFI) Touchscreen navigation Buy your books anywhere, anytime. Wireless RSS support
The ePub DRM standard will also be implemented within the next few months.
To get a first glimpse of the new BeBook, you're welcome to visit the booth of our German distributor MacLAND at the Cebit fair on March 6th 2009.
Launch of the new product is scheduled for July 2009. To be up to date for new releases visit www.bebook.net.au and subscribe to the Bebook newsletter.
EInk
e-Ink is the leading supplier of electronic paper display technology. This e Ink technology enables displays which are high contrast, thin, light weight, viewable from all angles and able to operate with dramatically less energy than more traditional LCD / TFT screens.
eInk is used in combination with epaper.
Epaper
The newest generation ebook readers, like the BEBOOK, are based on electronic paper, or epaper, on which the text and pictures are displayed by electronic ink - eInk. This page explains this technology.
There are different kinds of electronic paper. In the current technology the paper is made of a thin layer (coating) of conductive synthetic material. The coating contains millions of capsules filled with oil, with floating black and white pigment parts in it. These pigment parts react to an electrical load.
Under the tension, the capsules turn black or white, just like ink dots on paper. By varying the tension, grey color can be made.
An important characteristic of ePaper is that the consition of the capsules does not change as long as there is no difference in tension. To put it differently: the text or the image will remain on the electronic paper, even when the ebook reader is switched off. On some ebook readers, people can read thousands of pages on one battery load.
A second important characteristic is that there is no need for background lighting to look at the picture. Just like with normal paper, it is necessary to use an external lighting source to be able toread. This results in a less effort to read from an ebook reader, than for example a PC monitor. Plus, since the ereader is based on reflection of daylight just like paper, the e-reader screen is perfectly readable in sun light.
History
Electronic paper was developed in the seventies by Xerox, in the nineties the principle of electrically loaded balls turning under influence of tension and therefore showing either a black or white side, was improved by Joseph Jacobson. He developed micro capsules, filled with electronically loaded white parts that were dissolved in a dark colored oil. In 1997 Jacobson funded the company E Ink to develop the invention commercially. It was further developed into bulbs containing black and white parts in a transparent oil.
Parallel to the development of electronic ink, the first ebook readers appeared. The first were based on the ‘traditional' lcd technology and were therefore not appropriate to read for a long time. Plus, the readers experienced strong competition from the pda (colored screens).
In april 2004, Sony announced the first commercial available electronic paper device. This is currently succeeded by the Sony Reader.
The Netherlands followed in 2006 with the launch of iLiad, from iRex, a spin-off of the famous company Philips.
Utilization
Electronic paper is the way out for people who read a lot off their screen. But there are also big expectations on the field of replacing printed (news)paper, (school)books and manuals. Advantages of the ebook reader are, besides a handy, light size, the large storage capacity and the fast and easy adaptation of the content. Additional advantage is that some models have the option to make notes that can be transformed into printed text.
Vizplex
The most recent development is Vizplex, eInk displays that are equipped with this technology have an even greater contrast and the pages can be switched faster. Vizplex is also suitable for larger screens. The first A4 ebook reader will probably be introduced soon.
Flexible e-paper
Another promising development of electronic paper is the flexible e-paper. Philips spin-off Polymer Vision presented in 2007 a first commercial utilization of flexible electronic paper in the form of the Readius, a smartphone with foldable screen. This makes it possible to equip a small device with a relatively large screen. The launch of Readius is medio 2008.
Wireless
The Readius will have gsm technology, just like the Kindle of Amazon. This makes it possible to download wireless through networks of mobile operators. Then you can read the latest news or purchase ebooks on any wanted time, without intervention of a pc.
ePaper versus ePaper
The indication ‘ePaper' is used in English to indicate the digital edition of a newspaper. This is essentially a different concept than the technical interpretation of the word ‘ePaper'. On this site, ePaper is used in the technical interpretation.
The same goes for the word ‘eBook'. To prevent confusion, the word eBook is used for an information unity or a digital document.
The hardware on which one can read eBooks is called eBook reader or e-reader. |
