Pandigital Announces ePaper-based eReader 2 comments
Pandigital, which makes the Novel — a color LCD based ereader, today announced a new ereader that will utilize a Sipix
epaper screen.
The new Pandigital Novel Personal eReader is made by Sipix/AUO for Pandigital and will have a 6-inch screen. Barnes & Noble will be the content provider.
Some of the features:
- 6-inch Sipix screen with 800 x 600 resolution; 16 grayscales.
- Touchscreen.
- Accelerometer for auto screen orientation.
- Formats supported: PDF, ePub.
- Wi-Fi and web browser.
- 2GB internal memory; Micro SD card slot (up to 32GB).
- Battery life up to 6,000 page turns.
- Size: 4.88 x 6.75 x .38 inches; weighs 9.1 ounces.
The MSRP of the Novel Personal will be $199.99, and it is expected to hit stores later this month.
Update: For more on the Pandigital Novel Personal see my hands-on review.
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The Kindle is much, much better. It is also not much more expensive and the Kindle store has more books than B&N. Amazon’s customer service is also very good. You could always buy the Kindle 3 at Target and return it if you don’t agree.
I bought the same type ereader at Kohl and am still learning.
It’s difficult to compare to Kindle because I’m not familiar with one.
A few things are annoying however on the unit. I can’t get the screen to rotate at all.
When I try to locate a book in B & N, it’s not responding eg it’s like half frozen. It would be great when a function is pressed the unit would acknowledge this action instead of just sitting there.
B&N’s offereings are in small fonts and pressing an area that looks correct doesn’t give any response. That’s frustating. Then the books are dimmned out and difficult to see. I’m still trying to get email.
As for support, the company suggested that I should contact my provider who has no idea either. I’m trying to like the Pandigital and for me it might work.