From the press release: ... PocketBook International unveiled and demonstrated the company’s five new product models – PocketBook Pro 602, Pro 902 – standard models, PocketBook Pro 603, Pro 903 – premium class models and multimedia reading device PocketBook IQ 701. “The primary difference between the 602 and the 902 models are the screen size and battery,” says Shemet. According to Sheiman, the 602 is a smaller unit with a longer battery life (six inches and 14,000 page turns) while the 902 has a larger screen and a shorter duration between power-ups (9.7 inches and 7,000 page turns). ... ...

Goodreader has a review of this competitor to the Kindle DX. They like it. The Pocketbook PRO 902 is a 9.7 inch e-reader with a resolution of 1200×825 and 166 DPI. At its core it features a Samsung, 533 MHz processor and has 256 MB of internal RAM. It also has 2 GB of internal FLASH memory and you can further enhance it for up to 32 GB via the micro USB port. Internet connectivity of the new Pocketbook 902 is done via WI-FI, and will connect to open and secure networks. ......

Here is the latest from a press release I just received from PocketBook. PocketBook USA, the North American division of PocketBook International, will display their entire line of e-reader products at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 6-9. One of the world’s top five producers of electronic reading devices, PocketBook sells more than 50,000 e-readers each month through offices in the USA, Germany, Russia, China and the Middle East with a distribution network covering more than 20 countries worldwide. The company will showcase a number of different product models -- PocketBook Pro 602, Pro 902 – standard...

From the Kansas City Business Journal: European electronic book maker PocketBook is opening a U.S. headquarters in Overland Park and will open its first retail location in Independence Center. PocketBook, which says it sells more than 50,000 devices a month globally, will open the kiosk on Nov. 10, featuring five of its e-readers, which the company said has easier-to-read e-ink screens, language translation and text-to-speech capability. More advanced models also have Wi-Fi capability, color displays and touchscreens. The Independence and Seattle locations will be followed by around 20 more U.S. stores next year, said PocketBook-USA CEO Regina Sergiyenko. More info in the article. ...

At the Berlin IFA trade fair PocketBook will be introducing 5 new ereaders. Here's the rundown from their press release: Pro 602 and Pro 902: They differ from one another by screen size (6” and 9,7” accordingly) and by battery life (14 000 and 7 000 page turns accordingly). Technically both models are identical. They operate on Linux and they are equipped with WiFi and Bluetooth, both have a headphone connector. Internal memory capacity is 2 GB. Pro 603 and Pro 903: They operate on Linux and they are equipped with 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, a touchscreen (Wacom technology) and...

E-Reader-info is reporting that DisplaySearch says shipments of e-paper increased to 5 million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of e-book readers. The Amazon Kindle has 66% of the total e-paper market according to DisplaySearch, which means that they sold 3.3 million units. Laptop Magazine reviews the PocketBook 360. They like the unit, but feel that it is overpriced for what it offers. Publishing Perspectives says that according to Publishers Weekly’s report on the annual publishing stats compiled by R.R. Bowker, 2009 saw a whopping 764,448 titles were produced...

I am getting a second ebook reader. I'm very excited. I have the chance to try the Pocketbook 360 and I am delighted to to be one of Teleread's guinea pigs for this model. And then the news came out about the Kobo Reader and I started feeling device envy again. It's so pretty! And I could sync all my Kobo books on it via wifi... More than one ebook device might be overkill for most people. But are there times when there might be a genuine use or need for it? I think so! I will present some ideas below...

Sometime this coming week, I should be receiving a Pocketbook 302 e-book reader to review—and Joanna, nee Ficbot, will be reviewing the smaller Pocketbook 360. We have mentioned Pocketbook a few times already; it is a Ukrainian/Taiwanese company that uses e-ink-based hardware from Netronix (the OEM that makes the Cybook, COOL-ER, and others) with its own Linux-based firmware. The 302 is Pocketbook’s most advanced model so far. It seems to be a pretty standard 6” e-ink reader (with the standard USB interface), with the addition of wifi and some apps including RSS, Sudoku, and—according to the Nate’s Ebook...

The Lewis Four has a comprehensive review of the PocketBook 360, a unit we don't hear too much about. Scott says: Flipping pages was absolutely fast, faster than a Kindle 2 and ran circles around a nook. I tried both unprotected and protected ePub files as well as Adobe PDF and in all cases, the page turning speed was quite impressive. As you'll see in the video below, it finished turning the page before the nook began to refresh it's screen, time and time again. ... To illustrate the difference in speed, I shot some video at 120 frames per second...

From Rita Toews: Read an E-Book Week is gearing up for the 2010 event - March 7 - 13th. An impressive list of participants includes Kobo, PocketBook E-Reader and BookGlutton. Also joining in the celebration of e-books is Smashwords, as well as Badosa.com, with a selection of e-books in Spanish, Catalan, English and French. The Wright State University Libraries of Ohio will also recognize the week. They have created a special template that librarians can download from the Read an E-Book Week website to produce lapel buttons for library staff. This year a section containing resource articles has been added to the site....

Screen size of the new PocketBook 360 is five inches, and  supposedly the price will be $300. But here’s the real news. A $400 model with a six-inch touch screen, Blue Tooth, GPRS and 3G will follow in October if all goes as planned. The more expensive model, at least, is to let you connect a keyboard via Blue Tooth. Possibilities for note-taking? What’s more there’ll be an RSS reader. Salvation for news junkies on the go? Check out the page-changing interfaces for both models shown in the videos. What do you think? Beyond the PocketBooks: The e-reader as a commodity At the macro level,...