That’s according to besttabletreview. The tablet was demoed in Beijing and runs the Android OS. In addition, Acer announced, but did not show, a new ereader which is supposed to launch in Q3 of this year. This is a reversal of Acer’s announced policy of not getting into the tablet market.
From the article:
Looking like a Frankenstein’s Monster mix of a Kindle QWERTY keyboard sewn onto a 6-inch E-Ink screen, the LumiRead also has 2GB of storage, microSD card slot, 3G, WiFi, can play music and is hooked up to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore in the U.S., Libri.de in Germany and Founder in China. There’s also an internet browser and ISBN scanner that allows you to easily create your own wishlists and find your next eBook easily.
Honestly, that new Pandigital Novel looks better.
I’m trying to figure out how besttabletreview’s characterization of the LumiRead as “a Frankenstein’s Monster mix of a Kindle QWERTY keyboard sewn onto a 6-inch E-Ink screen” makes it physically different from a Kindle, which has a Kindle QWERTY keyboard connected to a 6-inch E-Ink screen.
Unless there really is stitching involved on the LumiRead. 🙂
Anyway, from an e-reader perspective, it’s nice to see that—according to the press release—the LumiRead handles both Barnes & Noble and Adobe DRM (presumably on EPUB).
I’m not sure about the reasonableness of the “LumiRead” name for an E-Ink device.