Hands-on with Polymer Vision's e-ink Readius
The long wait is over, the Polymer Vision Readius has finally made an appearance and from our quick -- and loving -- glance, it's the stuff. Featuring Bluetooth, dual-band HSDPA, tri-band GSM / EDGE, expandability via microSD, and it'll also SMS -- albeit, without a keyboard, it'll be tough -- and can make calls. The cellular calling and messaging features are likely an afterthought since connectivity to get at the content via the Readius portal was the goal. The site will push content to your device based on choices made there for feeds, newspapers, mags, audio books, and whatever else Polymer Vision sees fit to add. The device will support books in HTML, text files, and PDFs, though, we expect as they gain ground with partners the list may expand. Hit the gallery for a pile of pics of it in action.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
.joe @ Feb 14th 2008 11:15AM
Why not video shots of the thing in action? also, why not shots of an actual book or rss entry opened. I would've loved to see what it might look like if I was going to read from it.
ryaninc @ Feb 14th 2008 12:38PM
I wonder how the screen will survive being flexed over and over again. I can definitely envision creases appearing.
Miguel @ Feb 14th 2008 1:05PM
I'm sure it had slow refresh as all these e-p screens do. On another note some e-p underwear would make millions in japan.
Kendall @ Feb 14th 2008 2:10PM
Available when for the U.S.?
brokenkeyboard @ Feb 15th 2008 10:23AM
and for how much?
Ayrkain @ Feb 14th 2008 8:59PM
This is a triumph.
Schippy @ Feb 15th 2008 3:18AM
What I miss is to see how you are actually supposed to make a phone call with this thing. Where is the mic? You don't have to talk at the unfolded screen, do you? Can you make calls without unfolding the screen? I really do want to get my hands on one of these, but I don't want to look silly using it! ;-)
4cr JaXs @ Feb 15th 2008 10:11PM
I dont need al that cellular crap. I Just want a good e-Reader with a nice form factor
Ereader @ Feb 25th 2008 3:41AM
What 4cr JaXs said. A decent reader that goes in my pocket but unfolds to a good size in use; that'll do it for me. Just please for the love of little pixels - no proprietary lock-in! No 'online-only' use! No dedicated special DMRed network library! I have over a thousand ebooks and ya know, I am NOT buying them all again. Mobipocket FTW.