Kindle rip-off from China
By Paul Biba
From E-Ink-Info.com, a Chinese company called Peking University Founder has duplicated the exterior, at least, of the Kindle 2: They say they will release it by the end of 2009, in Japan, for around 210$ (the kindle is available for 299$. . It includes a cellular connection (they say it needs a SIM card) to download new books, and will use their own ‘Apabi’ ebook software. The screen is ‘about’ 6″, not sure what kind of display yet.
July 12th, 2009 at 10:15 am
This seems like a much better product than the original Kindle 2.
GSM/Edge/3G connectivity is a great improvement over Kindle.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Rafal - the Kindles all have 3G connectivity (depending on service area) without any additional monthly fess so how is this better?
I assume getting a SIM card for one of these is going to cost some amount of money/month yes? Or would you be likely to use the one in your phone and swap as needed?
July 13th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Oh, I meant people outside the US could finally use the 3G, Edge or GSM connectivity.