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Fujitsu FLEPia


$1,010.00 Released April, 2009

Product Shot 1 The Pros:Full colour (260,000 colors vs. 12 shades of gray). Touchscreen functionality. WiFi.

The Cons:Quite expensive. Availability is questionable. Slow 1.8 second screen refresh (common to all e-paper devices).

First announced in April 2007, the FLEPia is a full colour e-book reader from Fujitsu. Designed for those who are willing to spend more for a higher quality screen and more usability over other currently available readers, the device features an 8" colour touchscreen e-paper display with a resolution of 1024 × 768, WiFi, Bluetooth and removable SD card storage.

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Product Shot 2 Capable of lasting up to 40 hours on a single charge, the Japanese version of the device is slated to have Windows CE 5.0 installed. Planned for release in April 2009, the FLEPia will have a cost of 99,750 Yen, or about $1010.

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Pros
  • 6

    full colour (260,000 colors vs. 12 shades of gray)

  • 4

    touchscreen functionality

  • 4

    WiFi

  • 4

    Bluetooth

  • 4

    external SD card storage - up to 4GB of easily swapped storage

  • 2

    high 1024 x 768 resolution

Cons
  • 6

    quite expensive

  • 5

    availability is questionable

  • 2

    slow 1.8 second screen refresh (common to all e-paper devices)

  • 1

    poor battery life compared to the majority of B&W readers

  • 0

    Runs Windows CE

  • -1

    no built in WWAN

  • -2

    SD card reader is limited to 4GB of capacity - unlike SDHC

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