CES Unveiled: Alex, eDGe e-Book Readers
The CES Unveiled event rocked tonight with thousands of attendees flooding the aisles. Hundreds of vendors exhibited the wares they are showing off at the CES this year. Kevin and I hit the floor and looked at a lot of stuff. Here are the top gadgets that caught my eye at the show:
Spring Designs Alex e-book reader. The Alex is that dual-screen reader that runs Android and features a color touchscreen much larger than the one on the Nook. Spring Designs just signed a deal with Google to bring their scanned book library to the Alex.
Entourage eDGe. The eDGe is the dual screen reader that uses two big screens to provide additional capability than just e-book reading. This reader also runs Android which is fully accessible on the color touchscreen. The other screen is a typical e-Ink screen for reading books.
We saw some cool notebooks too but we are going to spend some private hands-on time tomorrow with them so I’m sure we’ll have pics and maybe some video to share. Be sure and follow our coverage for the entire week so you won’t miss anything new and exciting.
It was great to see our podcast co-host Matt Miller today, along with lots of old friends.
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I am really liking Alex. A lot. Was there any mention of a release date or cost on this thing?
No but I will be meeting with the Alex folks this week. I’ll find out everything then.
James, will we be seeing an in-depth hands-on of the eDGe from your CES coverage, or will that wait until they (presumably) send you a review unit?
Also, because I’m insanely curious: your not-an-Apple-tablet post recently doesn’t have anything to do with this purported device that Ballmer’s introducing at tonight’s keynote, does it? =)
Based on a more recent post, I’m guessing it was the HP tm2 instead. Still like to see an in-depth with the eDGe, though. =)
Any decent 8″ e-readers? I find the 6″ screen too small and the 10″ ones too large. Still curious about the Sony PRS-900 with its 7″ screen (but concerned about the glare on the touchscreen and the much more expensive e-book store). How about putting together a comparison chart of all the new ebook readers once you’ve seen them all.