Samsung Launches E60 eReader at WHSmith no comments
Samsung has launched its E60 ereader in the UK where it is currently being sold by WHSmith. The E60 is priced at £199.99 and for a limited time comes with 10 free ebooks (not public domain).
While the E60 does have a lot of features, including handwriting recognition and an organizer feature, it will be hard competing at that price with the Kindle 3 with 3G which is £149. The iRiver Story with Wi-Fi is also priced at £199 at WHSmith or at Amazon. Amazon also already has a number of iRiver Story covers and cases.
Techradar has a hands on review of the Samsung E60 ereader and finds it well built and serviceable, but also questions whether it can fly at that price.
Almost six months ago Samsung announced plans to sell the E60 in the US in partnership with Barnes & Noble. Samsung (probably wisely) backed out of the US ereader market just before the recent price cuts on the Kindle and NOOK ereaders.
